Naples remember the Argentine from the first hour this Saturday Diego Armando Maradonawho died three years ago, a figure more than just a player for a Parthenopean city that this afternoon will honor the most important soccer player in its history at the stadium named after him.
This year, the Naples and the Neapolitans visited the mural of Diego Armando Maradona more than ever despite a difficult start to the season that led to a change of coach, French Rudi Garcia of another old man known as Italian Walter Mazzarri.
This Saturday, the mass pilgrimage to the mural is not for a cause of celebration, but rather to pay tribute and remember the player who brought them to the top.
Because from dawn, locals and tourists walk the streets to the altar of ‘Diego’ in the ‘Quartieri Spagnoli’ (Spanish neighborhoods) to remember the figure of Argentina who made history with the two ‘Scudetti’ that placed in the city of Naples on the map. A milestone that the team achieved only 33 years later, in the stadium that bears, precisely, the name of the star.
On social networks, the Neapolitan’s followers asked that everyone who visits the emblematic mural bring an ‘LED’ candle to let it burn all day in his memory.
At 6:00 pm (CST), everyone Naples He is watching television watching his team’s game against Atalantathe revival of Mazzarri at the bank.
Many will gather to watch the game together in the busiest bars of the ‘Quartieri Spagnoli’ to be close to the protagonist of the day, who after the game, around 9:00 pm, will be honored in his stadium. There fans will gather with torches to honor his memory three years after his death.
Furthermore, the Italian sculptor Domenico Sepe will present a new statue dedicated to the ‘Pibe de Oro’, something he has already done in 2021 on the occasion of the first anniversary of his death and he has donated to Naples City Hallbut the municipality had to return it because it was considered too valuable for a donation.
Source: La Verdad
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