Italy hosting England will not be the biggest footballing event in Naples this season.
That will be when Serie A’s runaway leaders clinch a first Scudetto since the heady days of Diego Maradona in this football-mad city - and then celebrate in style. The first time Napoli ever won the Serie A title in 1987, Ultras hung a banner outside the largest cemetery after the biggest party ever which read: ”You don’t know what you’ve missed.”
Now 33 years on after the Argentine inspired Napoli’s second and last Scudetto - and going out of business and starting again in C1 (the third division) - they are closing in on another unforgettable firework party. After weekend defeats for Inter, Milan and Roma, Luciano Spalletti’s vibrant side are now 19 points clear at the top of the table and could clinch the Scudetto in the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona against Salernitana on April 30.
