Giovanni ‘Cholito’ Simeone is a part of the work that means winning ‘Scudetto’ with Naples, which is certified this Friday against Cagliari (2-0). Again, as 3 years ago, after the Naples ended 33 years of drought, an Argentine was part of the historic success of a Italy city that seemed to be reserved to succeed from the hand with the country of Diego Armando Maradona.
This is the second ‘Scudetto’ who won the ‘Cholito’, so it corresponds to the world’s legend brand, of a Maradona who is considered a Neapolitano more than the city that is partly, as a kind of God who has come there to give a little light to one of the darkest moments of a city governed by Mafia. The famous quartieri spagnoli mural pays tribute to a hero, in a figure that crosses any kind of belief and has been honored since then without a paragon.
No, less, the ‘Cholito’ impact is comparable with Maradona, but this is another example of incapable -belief link between a city and a country of football twins.
This time, Simeone has only scored 1 goal and has been given 1 help, and although its popularity is less than Antonio Conte’s commands about the importance of her with Luciano Spalletti, she has been key again from the bench taking advantage of every minute, fighting every opportunity and, most of all, being a tired professional, a worker in the silence to add.
Conte, this facet, wondered at him and didn’t want to lose it in the winter market.
“Simeone’s improvement is in the eyes of everyone. It’s perfectly available. We also talk about what aspects can improve in my opinion. She always wants to improve. Now I see her playing more complete, safer, stronger. It gives me a believable alternative behind Romelu. For us it is important, having it in the team without a doubt,”
“His father (Diego Pablo Simeone) is a great footballer, always striving, like me, his saying. He is a player, therefore, raised by some values,” Conte said.
From Maradona to ‘Cholito’, the last example of the fruitful relationship between the two countries, there is a long list of albicelest players who have also managed to enter the ‘Calcium’ Hall of Fame.
Diego Milito, Javier Zanetti and Esteban Cambiasso with Inter; Carlos Tévez with ‘Juve’; Hernán Crespo with the Parma; Juan Sebastián Verón with the Inter or Parma; Batistuta with ‘Fiore’, the Rome or Inter; Or Lautaro and Correa with the Inter are the examples that have been followed by ‘Cholito’ since its arrival in Italy in 2017.
Most important to them is Maradona, there is no doubt about it. And Simeone, in her third Naples campaign is something very clear. He always had it, in fact.
“I know this is the home of Maradona and here they play Argentine champions of great value, so I will do my best to live up to the history of this city,” said the day of his presentation, in 2022.
“My dad was very happy when he found out I was going to Naples. He sent me a message where he told me that all Argentines were hoping to dress up a Maradona’s shirt. He moved me,” he added.
Simeone wants to approach Naples to raise the level. I felt that I could give more than Hellas Verona, to play with a team that would fight more ambitious dimensions. To this day he has proven to be a guarantee of the player and, no matter what happens, with two ‘scudetti’, he will be part of Neapolitan Eternity.
Source: La Verdad
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