The saying “A winning team does not change” will certainly not apply to this year’s Napoli, which dominates the Italian league. It has been official for days that Spalletti will no longer be its coach and it is likely that some players will leave the team.
These are hard facts to comprehend for those who have the idea that the goal of an absolute level club is to constantly improve. Thus, to attract in the immediate future new resources, serving the attraction represented by the enhancement of the roster of players that has been there during the championship and the quality of the work done by the staff led by the coach.
This concept has, however, been challenged by the coach’s departure and the fact that the possible transfer of important players such as Kim min-jae, Zielinski, Osimhen and Kvaratskhelia is being discussed.
Spalletti praised his players for their progress in the Champions League. “The quality of our soccer allowed us to stand out,” he said. “It was motivating for the players because they were facing a deserving Champions League finalist and they had to show everything we had achieved during the season.” He left, though, and the explanations certainly involve the stress accumulated during the championship, having received the confirmation via e-mail with a pec, the extreme difficulty represented by repeating this victory. My impression is that the necessary was not done to keep him in the lead of Naples.
The joy and enthusiasm of the fans will continue for a long time, as is only right when such a success is achieved decades after the victories won by Maradona’s team. If before today such an outstanding achievement had only been achieved thanks to the role played in Napoli by a sports legend, one cannot help but show gratitude to today’s team that has made it possible to unite the present with the past, giving a glimpse of what the future could look like.
The first games of the new season will be experienced with this state of mind, and it will be very positive for the city and its fans. The players and the entire team, however, will have to give thanks for this enthusiastic support and make these emotions their own by transferring them into the game, showing that they want to continue to nurture them through their desire to continue to amaze the world.
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The quality that Napoli expressed to win the Scudetto has been widely analyzed in match commentaries. However, it is my impression that the success was also determined by two other factors that Spalletti wanted to introduce that valued personal aspects that are important to every human being and that relate to the need for happiness and a sense of belonging.
In fact, he said, “We have to make someone happy in order to be happy people. From a personal point of view it’s the family, from a professional point of view it’s our fans, we don’t give a damn about individual numbers and who scores goals, we have to bring a team and group achievement to our city that makes the fans feel proud of us. We have to do something for the public’s affection for our jersey.”
On the other hand, how can you not espouse this approach to soccer in a city that named its stadium after Maradona, a player who fully represented soccer as the joy and bond of belonging to this team and Naples. So, of course you play to win but you win because you want to be happy and make happy. This is no small step, because you have to be aware of how to play to achieve this twofold goal, which combines the result with the enthusiasm born of playing your game. Achieving this goal was not easy, because we know that soccer is a very emotional sport. Because of the goal, which is a rare event, it is no coincidence that the three most usual scores in Serie A in order of frequency are 1-1, 2-1 and 1-0. It only takes one episode to change the fate of a game. This is not the case in other team sports such as volleyball and basketball where about every minute a point is awarded.
On this basis, to prevent the high level of emotionality from becoming a negative load of impulsiveness and foul play for teams, it was necessary for it to find its outlet in the joy that the game can convey. When we use words like, “we are going to the field to have fun,” it does not mean that we are going on a jaunt; it is not a sign of superficiality. Instead, it implies a desire to fully experience the pleasure of the challenge, namely the joy of doing as well as possible in difficult moments what one has prepared for.
Diego Maradona 1960-2020
Pelè: “One day I hope we will play ball together in the sky”.
The year is 1986. The sign on Maradona’s shirt says “No drugs” , on Platini’s “No to corruption.”
They must remember us that every human being is a tangle of contradictions, even if he is a champion. We must always pay attention to the pitfalls that life presents us, recognizing them to avoid falling into it and respecting our well-being and the rules of social coexistence.
Diego Maragona in boxers, huge, obese, which is based barely standing, he performs with a tennis ball in a scene from ‘Youth by Sorrentino and that it’s already’ a cult. He’s not really the Pibe de Oro, of course, but the Argentine actor Roly Serrano, identical except for the fact that he’s practically obese. Sorrentino, always in love of Maradona, leader of his Napoli, who won all in the Ferlaino era, after having dedicated to him the Oscar, he wanted to portray in Youth with sui generis a tribute . A choice that liked the true Maradona and on Facebook he thanked the director.
