Naples’s stadium, city officials announced on Nov. 25, will be renamed after Diego Armando Maradona. 14 of 27. The team which used to play there to … A mural of Diego Maradona, right, in Naples. Hide Caption. On this first match day of the 1984–85 season, his new club Napoli was playing away in the northeastern city of Verona — home to Romeo and Juliet, but also a center of Italy’s postwar […] It made him an instant Neapolitan deity. Argentine soccer legend Diego Maradona (2nd L in grey shirt) waves to fans in Naples June 9, 2005. A mural of Diego Maradona painted in 1990 looks over a small piazza in Quartieri Spagnoli, a working-class district in the heart of Naples. Maradona was back for his fourth World Cup in 1994, but it wasn't for long. This dates as far back as the time of the Roman Empire with the legend of San Gennaro. In the seven years spent by Maradona in Naples, there were 515 newborns named after the Argentinian player. Maradona played with the Naples soccer team from 1984 to … The success continued back at Napoli, as Maradona led them to their first ever title in 1987, scoring 10 goals on the way. The locals were torn, but respected Argentina. Photograph: Carlo Hermann/AFP/Getty Images. Maradona’s side won on penalties, then lost the final 1 … Subscribe for more amazing videos!This compilation on Maradona in Napoli is my biggest work on so far, i hope you guys will like it :) How Diego Armando Maradona transformed Naples- Naples, a city rich in history, yet behind the rest- The city of Naples, situated in the southern parts of Italy was often eclipsed by the glamour of its peers Milan and other football rich cities. Maradona, who has just become a father for the third time, landed on Monday at 13.25 local time in Rome and was greeted by a mob of fans chanting his name to welcome him back … September 16, 1984 was the day that Diego Armando Maradona discovered how some parts of Italy’s population feel about Naples. ... "Maradona is a God to the people of Naples. "Maradona directly loved Naples, and Naples directly loved Maradona," Ottavio Bianchi, coach of Napoli between 1985 and 1989 and then again in the 1990s, told Eurosport. In the semi-finals, Argentina met Italy in Naples, prior to which Maradona encouraged the Neapolitans to support Argentina as revenge for how they were treated by the rest of Italy. Maradona changed history."