Balkans | Elif El Maslı Napoli became Serie A champions after 33 years

After a 1-1 draw with Udinese in the Italian Football League, Napoli became the champions of the 2022-2023 season with 5 weeks remaining.

In the 33rd week of the Italian Football League (Serie A), Napoli, who drew 1-1 away from home with Udinese, declared the championship, 16 points ahead of its closest follower Lazio, 5 weeks before the end of the season.

Napoli, the clear leaders in the league, faced Udinese at the Dacia Arena.

Hosts Udinese went 1-0 up with Sandy Lovric in the 13th minute, and the first half ended just like that.

Napoli tied 1-1 with Nigerian striker Victor Osimhen in the 52nd minute.

As there was no other goal in the match, a draw was enough for the championship, and Napoli drew 1-1 with Udinese.

With one point from this match, Napoli achieved 80 points and became the champions after 33 years, 16 points ahead of their closest follower Lazio, 5 weeks before the end of the season.

First title since Diego Armando Maradona

Napoli won the third championship in the league’s history.

The blue and white team came to a happy ending in Serie A in the 1989-1990 season, and won their first championship in the 1986-1987 season.

The architect of the two previous Napoli championships was the legendary Argentine footballer Diego Armando Maradona, who played between 1984 and 1991. This season’s championship was the first after Maradona and the third in total.

The tournament was received with great enthusiasm in Naples

For the Udinese – Napoli match, thousands of Napoli fans who came to the city of Udine, 850 kilometers from Naples, descended on the Dacia Arena with the final whistle and celebrated the tournament with the players.

On the other hand, the fans who watched the match on the giant screen at the Diego Armando Maradona stadium in the city of Naples witnessed great enthusiasm after the conclusion of the Napoli championship.

Napoli fans celebrated the tournament in the streets and squares of the city all night long, while fireworks were detonated throughout the city.

source: AA

Meanwhile, Napoli coach Luciano Spalletti won his first Serie A title in his career.