Naples beyond superstition. The six reasons why he will win the Scudetto

And yes, oh well, being shipwrecked in that sea will also be sweet, but when you’ve been used to swimming in the waves of superstition for a lifetime, it’s not at all easy to let yourself be lulled by reality, without the fear of drowning in disillusionment.

The signs that unite the present to the 1986-1987 season – that of the first championship of the Naples Of Maradona – are too many, many more than the 16 league goals of Osimhen and 11 assists in all competitions by Kvaratskhelia. And so the Neapolitans are surrendering to their most beautiful dreams. Arranging those signs in a row makes a certain impression, because when even defeats become brushstrokes in an already clear picture, one can no longer pretend nothing has happened.

1) ARGENTINA

Napoli won its first Scudetto in 1987, the year after Argentina’s victory at the 1986 World Cup. Diego Armando Maradona was a protagonist both in Mexico and at San Paolo. After 36 years theArgentina won the World Cup again, in 2022, in Qatar. Napoli could celebrate their third championship the following year, and more precisely in the spring of 2023.

2) CREMONESE

One of the most sensational surprises of this season, in Italy, is the arrival in the semi-finals of the Coppa Italia of the Cremonalast in the championship, now ten points away from the safety quota, but capable of eliminating Napoli in the round of 16 of the national cup, on penalties and then, in the quarter-finals, the Rome, winning 2-1 at the Olimpico. The last time Cremonese reached this milestone? In the 1986-1987 season.

3) THE FIRST DEFEAT IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP

In the championship of the first scudetto, Napoli suffered their first defeat after the Christmas break, on 4 January, on the field of Florentine. In the 2022-2023 championship, Spalletti’s team lost its first match after the break (for the World Cup and for the holidays): exactly on 4 January, this time against Inter, at San Siro.

4) FIORENTINA

After Napoli’s victory at Spezia and Inter’s success in the derby against Milan, Spalletti’s team is 13 points ahead of Inzaghi’s. If Osimhen and his companions manage to maintain this advantage, Napoli could arithmetically win the Scudetto on the 34th day, against Fiorentina, on 7 May. Maradona and his companions won their first title three days later, on May 10, again at home, again against Fiorentina.

5) THE COACHES

Ottavio Bianchi he won the scudetto in his second season as manager of Napoli, after finishing third in the first. Luciano Spalletti he is in his second season as Napoli coach. In the first he finished third.

6) THE PRESIDENTS

Conrad Ferlaino he became president of Napoli in January 1969. And he won his first championship in May 1987, 18 years and a few months later. Aurelio De Laurentiis he took over the club in September 2004. He could finally cross the Italian finish line in May 2023. That is 18 years and a few months later.

Small singing appendix, inevitable in these days in Sanremo. In 1987 she won the “You can give more” Festival. He sang it with Enrico Ruggeri and Umberto Tozzi Gianni Morandi. Who will lead with Amadeus Sanremo 2023? Gianni Morandi, of course.