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Diego Maradona had helped Napoli to win two Italian league titles.© AFP
Napoli‘s stadium has been renamed after Diego Maradona in reminiscence of the late Argentine who led the membership to 2 Italian league titles, Naples city corridor mentioned Friday. The metropolis authorities and the membership’s president had proposed renaming the San Paolo Stadium inside hours of Maradona’s dying on November 25. “The decree was signed by the entire city council,” town authorities mentioned in an announcement. The assertion hailed Maradona as “the greatest footballer of all time who, with his immense talent and magic, honoured the Naples jersey for seven years, offering it two Italian league titles and other prestigious trophies, and receiving, in exchange, the eternal and unconditional love of the entire city”.
Napoli’s subsequent dwelling sport shall be subsequent Thursday within the Europa League in opposition to Real Sociedad.
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Napoli have already paid homage to Maradona, who performed for the membership from 1984 to 1991, in two dwelling video games.
The gamers wore his quantity ten for a minute’s silence in a Europa League sport the day after Maradona’s dying. In Serie A on Sunday in opposition to Roma the staff performed in a jersey harking back to the Argentine colors, designed as a tribute to Maradona.
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