Who can briefly describe the whole process of "Napoli legend" in Serie A history?

In the history of Napoli football, although there have been stars like Zoff and Sivori, it once occupied an important position in the world football, all because of Diego Maradona, the king of the ball gave his glorious years (from 24 to 3) to Napoli team, and scored 115 goals in 259 games, but this figure cannot fully reflect the great contribution of the king of the ball to Naples football.

Napoli was founded in 1926. In the 58 years before Diego Maradona's arrival, Napoli only won the Italian Cup twice (in 1962 and 76), once reached the semi-final of the European Cup Winners' Cup (in 1977), and the other achievements were poor.

In the 1982-83 season, Napoli almost fell into the second division, only relegated by one point. The following year, the board of directors "suddenly became a teenager", which made Diego Maradona's transfer a reality, and the arrival of the ball king changed everything.

On June 3th, 1984, when Napoli executives announced that they had reached an agreement with Barcelona to transfer US$ 4 million (a record in the world transfer fee at that time) to Diego Maradona, Napoli fans were stunned for a moment. The Argentines in their impression were still struggling with their injuries (their calves were cut by athletic defender GoLazar Cheya of Bilbao in September, 1983), but now they have come to their side! On July 5, 5, fans flocked to the Sao Paulo Stadium in Naples to attend the meeting between Diego Maradona and the fans. Everyone who came to the scene still remembers the grand scene at that time.

The seven seasons from 1984 to 1991 were the seven years when Naples owned Diego Maradona. They became a force that attracted Italian attention, from obscurity to being able to compete with the northern powers.

In p>1986, it ranked third in Serie A, won the league championship in 1987, fought to the death with Milan in 1988, and finally ranked second in the league; 1989 UEFA Cup champion, runner-up in the league; In 199, I left AC Milan and won the league championship ... All these are obviously Diego Maradona's greatest gifts to Neapolitans.

More importantly, Naples is not a rich city, and buying Diego Maradona is a crazy move. The team is unable to build a real legion of giants. On the premise that the overall level of the team is inferior to that of the northern giants, it can still win two Serie A championships, largely relying on Diego Maradona, a super individual.

However, a good beginning didn't bring a good end. In March 1991, Diego Maradona was found to have taken drugs (cocaine), followed by a 15-month ban. In June 1992, Diego Maradona, who regained his freedom to play, refused to return to Naples and joined Seville, thus ending the most legendary karma in the history of modern football.

In seven years, Diego Maradona has brought two Serie A champions, an Italian Cup champion, an Italian Super Cup champion and a UEFA Cup champion to Naples, which is unmatched by the sum of honors of other southern Italian teams in history.

After losing Diego Maradona, there have been many stars in Naples, such as Gianfranco Zola, Giancarlo Cannavaro, Fonseca, Di Canio, etc., but they can only run their own small world, just using Napoli as a springboard to the giants, leading Naples to confront the giants like Diego Maradona, and no one can do it again. Diego Maradona's general style of attacking the city in the frontcourt and commanding calmly in the midfield has since disappeared in Naples. No wonder Napoli fans want to work for Diego Maradona.

Diego Maradona's own charm is not reflected in the city's economic development and personal moral example, just as a poem says: his light left foot leaves the earth, and when he comes back, he is born magical and full of vitality.

Diego Maradona conquered the fans by his own skills, and also brought two league titles to the poor southern Italian football. The first championship in 1987 was won by Diego Maradona almost by one person, and the second championship in 199 was at a time when Serie A had become a "small World Cup", while there were relatively few stars in Naples who could handle it, making it even more difficult to win the championship.

After Diego Maradona, it is unthinkable for the southern team to win the league title.

Based on this, Neapolitan fans can't praise Diego Maradona in any way.

1984-85 season: hat-trick witnessed the new king

1984-85 season was Diego's debut season in Napoli.

The club spent all its money to poach Diego Maradona, and at the same time let some players with high salaries and low abilities leave, including the 1978 World Cup stars Ruud Klohr and Dirceu.

Diego Maradona's new partner is Bertoni.

It should be said that this is a team with average overall strength. In fact, most of the new players, except Diego Maradona, are also facing the situation of being sent away soon. Only Bargeny insisted on being "exiled" after the arrival of Alemao. Although the team was still on the verge of relegation last season, Diego Maradona quickly showed its due level, scoring Sampdoria's goal in the second round, which opened the history of the Argentine king in Italy.

Napoli lingered around the relegation circle in the first half of the league because of her mediocre strength, but after the New Year in 1985, Napoli suddenly found the key to victory, winning a series of victories, and Diego Maradona also scored a hat-trick against Lazio, which really made Diego Maradona's fame resound through the Apennine Peninsula. He not only scored a goal from outside the penalty area, but also scored a goal directly from the corner!

Diego Maradona and Bertoni scored 25 goals this season (the team scored only 34 goals). Diego Maradona ranked first in the team with 14 goals and won the Bronze Boot Award in Serie A, just behind Platini and Altobelli, while Napoli rose to the eighth place in the end with her efforts in the second half (only losing one game to Milan in the second half).

The general trend of the season:

Verona won the championship in the end this season. This legion led by Bagnori and Elkeyer is popular enough. The popularity and winning odds of its players are similar to those of Palermo now, but a miracle was finally born.

If Diego Maradona and this new Napoli were still looking for feelings in the first half of the season, Napoli really started to compete with strong teams in the second half of the season, and the result against Milan duo and Juventus was 1 win, 1 draw and 1 loss, with a good record.

Juve, which won the championship in 1983-84, took into account the impact of the Champions League on its record, and the team still killed Platini, Bonek and Rossi in the frontcourt; Milan duo didn't make any big moves, especially AC Milan. Just when the team was in a downturn, Verona, Turin and other teams were unexpectedly killed and became the teams that stood proudly in the standings.

attachment: Napoli league record: 3 games, 1 wins, 13 draws and 7 losses, scored 41 goals and conceded 21 goals, with a total score of 42 points.

Napoli's main lineup: Castellini; Bruscolotti, Bargeny, Ferrario, Darfur; Page, Penzo, Devic, Cafarelli; Diego Maradona, Bertoni

1985-86 season: Napoli regained the temperament of a strong team

Diego in 1985-86 season has been completely accepted by Napoli fans, and the loser of the 82 World Cup has become the leader of Napoli's history.

However, the club's action in the transfer market is still relatively small. The coach has been replaced by Octavio Bianchi, who has recruited Renica from Sampdoria and promoted Giordano to be Diego Maradona's partner in attack.

Giordano, the current coach of messina, was fortunate to be a witness and participant of the King of the Ball's conquest of Serie A. Together, they contributed 21 league goals to the team. Diego Maradona played 29 games and scored 11 goals. The most wonderful goal was to score a strange free kick against Juventus. The team finally beat Juventus 1-, and then tasted the victory against Banma 13 years later.

Although Juventus finally won the championship with a record of 18 wins, 9 draws and 3 losses, they were 1 draw and 1 loss against Napoli.

Diego Maradona scored four consecutive goals in this tournament.

unlike last season, Napoli has never been out of the top three rankings since the first round, but Juventus and Rome have always maintained a very high competitive state. Napoli has never been able to surpass it, but it can be ranked third, which is a great success with little investment from the club.

The general trend of the season

There was a match-fixing storm this season, but several giants were not affected.

Juventus is still the most active player in the transfer market. Gentile was replaced by Faveiro, the backbone of the defense became cabrini, Tardelli moved to the avant-garde line, and manfredonia became the main force. The biggest change was the striker line. Inspired by Elkjell's success in Verona, Juventus hired laudrup. The combination of him and Serene could not be compared with Rossi and Bonek in the previous period, but the development prospect was better.

In contrast, Inter Milan and AC Milan are still quiet. Inter Milan's biggest deal is to buy Tardelli, while Altobelli and rummenigge are still attacking the city, while AC Milan only buys Rossi, and nothing else happens. From the perspective of team composition, Juventus is the biggest favourite to win the championship.

Compared with Juventus, in Napoli in 1985-86 season, except Diego Maradona, other players were much less famous and powerful. Although Milan's duo were somewhat weak, the team composition was still strong. Together with Rome, they won Bonek, Prouzzo appeared, and graziani, cerezo and other world cup stars, Napoli saw that everyone was "shaking a certain army".

But the king of the ball led an ordinary army to change the pattern. Like Juventus, Napoli maintained a high winning rate at home, especially against Juventus, Rome, AC Milan and Inter Milan, and achieved an extraordinary record of 3 wins and 1 draw. Diego Maradona scored the only goal in three games against Inter Milan, Juventus and Rome.

even in the away game, Napoli scored 1 win, 2 draws and 1 loss in the four games against the semi-finals, and did not lose at all against the giants. Of course, Diego Maradona's contribution must be remembered: he scored a goal against Milan.

Compared with Platini, rummenigge, Serene and other top strikers, Diego Maradona's ability to play hard and strong teams is more outstanding, not to mention the limited level of his team and the support he received is not as good as that of other teams.

If Diego Maradona is still adapting in the first season, then the second season marks that Diego Maradona has completely become the top attacker in Serie A. In fact, he was really recognized by Italy, starting with the routine destruction of the giants in 1985-86.

ranking of other giants: Juventus champion, Rome runner-up, Inter Milan sixth, A meter seventh.

Napoli's record in that year: 14 wins, 11 draws and 5 losses in 3 battles, 35 goals scored and 21 goals conceded, with a total score of 39 points.

Napoli's main lineup: Carrera; Bruscolotti, Feral, Ferrario; Reinikka; Bargeny, Page, Cafarelli; Diego Maradona; Carnevale, Celestini.

1986-87 season: Napoli won the championship for the first time

In 1986-87 season, Diego Maradona, who won the World Cup in Mexico in the summer, started his third year in Napoli, which was his season. Diego Maradona led Napoli to win the Serie A and Cup! Created the unprecedented history of the Polly team! In the history of Italian football, no southern team can surpass the rich northern team to win the championship. This time, Diego Maradona helped Napoli to do it.

You can imagine the carnival scene at that time, slogans with constant exclamation marks, flags with Diego's exaggerated head, and graffiti works expressing a sense of * * *, which became the most eye-catching focus on the streets of Naples.

At the beginning of the season, Napoli fans did not dare to expect the team to win the championship. After all, they were still relegated three years ago.

moreover, because the adjustment of the team's transfer in summer is not great, it is even confusing.

Coach Bianchi has made the young central defender Ferrara the main force, and the defender line is relatively stable, and Ferrario is still the backbone; De Napoli was brought in from Avilino at the midfield, and carnevale took the stage, but in the first half of the season, he could only be a substitute for Cafarelli in the midfield.

Giordano, who scored ten goals last season, stayed, and his partner was Romano, and carnevale was the second half.

It's a miracle that such a Naples won the championship.

Ferrara, Denapoli and carnevale are still unknown, but Bianchi made good use of the players' self-confidence and fighting spirit. Napoli was so close to the championship last season that the players' high fighting spirit never stopped.

In addition, Bianchi's tactics continue to strengthen Diego Maradona's role and let the attack revolve around him alone.

The biggest rivals to win the championship are still Juventus, AC Milan and Inter Milan. The teams in the two Milan cities have major defects: they rely too much on the role of a striker, with a meter for Verdis and Inter Milan for Altobelli. Once they are stared at in the strong dialogue, they will become a stagnant pool. Only Juventus with players such as Serene, manfredonia, laudrup and Platini pose the greatest threat to Napoli, but the history of the 1985-86 season. Napoli was very excited when he met Juve. Napoli met Juve twice this season, all of which ended in victory. The score was 3-1 and 2-1.

Looking back 2 years later, these two victories meant that Juventus lost the title race, and the media lamented that Diego Maradona ended Platini's era.

Diego Maradona still plays a real hero role. He scored 1 goals in Serie A this season (the first in the team) and 7 goals in the Cup, many of which can be compared with the World Cup in Mexico, such as diving to the top of Sampdoria and scoring a goal at home against Milan at zero angle after three consecutive players (2-1 win).

As carnevale scored four goals in the last four games of the League, the total number of personal goals reached eight, ranking among the top ten Serie A goalscorers in the season, and he began to become a first-line striker of concern in Serie A..

At the same time, Diego Maradona also led the team to win the Italian Cup. Napoli actually won 13 games in the cup, and no other team in the history of the Italian Cup can win the championship with such a smooth process.

The general trend of the season:

It is very strange that the 1986 World Cup did not become an Italian league's poaching base. Juve, Rome and Milan were all hanging out in a quiet manner, which gave Napoli a great opportunity supported by Diego Maradona alone. Bianchi transformed the team into a 4312 formation, and made Diego Maradona the front waist, in order to better play his all-round role.

The confrontation with the four giants is no longer so exciting. Of course, winning in a row with Juventus is something to be proud of. After all, Juventus is considered as the biggest favourite to win the championship. After eight games, Napoli scored four wins, three draws and one loss, and Diego Maradona scored two goals.