Napoli in seventh football heaven: The “Scudetto” is perfect

The final whistle from referee Rosario Abisso was almost impossible to hear in Udine. When the referee blew his whistle three times on Thursday evening, sealing Napoli's 1-1 draw against Udinese and making the Southern Italians' championship title a mathematical certainty, all the dams burst. Spectators rushed onto the field, players became the center of cheering crowds, tears flowed freely. Naples, this football-crazy city, will win a Serie A championship title for the first time since 1990!

Thanks to the 1-1 draw against Udinese, Luciano Spalletti's team is 16 points ahead of Lazio with five games to go and can therefore no longer be caught. Serie A top scorer Victor Osimhen scored the goal for a draw and thus the first championship since the Diego Armando Maradona era more than three decades ago in the 52nd minute after the guests had fallen behind early on.

Victor Osimhen scored to make it 1-1 and became a champion hero. © ANSA / ETTORE GRIFFONI

While the “masked man” and his teammates celebrated with the fans who had traveled with him in Udine, the mega party that had been awaited for weeks began in Napoli. In the stadium named after Maradona, around 60.000 fans watched the game on eight large screens, and countless screens were also set up in the city.

Now the big party is starting Countless supporters gathered in the large squares during the day and prepared themselves for the triumph with battle songs and Bengal fires. Even before the final whistle in Udine, fireworks rockets were shot into the sky in Naples.

The pitch in Udine became a sea of fans. © ANSA / GABRIELE MENIS

For security reasons, several streets in the already chaotic city at the foot of Mount Vesuvius were closed to traffic, and a large police presence was supposed to ensure a peaceful night of partying. Actually, the party should have taken place last Sunday - but because Napoli surprisingly only played 1-1 at home against Salernitana, the celebration had to be postponed for four days. Hardly anyone in Italy had any doubts about Naples' third title after 1987 and 1990 for weeks.

A more than worthy master The southern Italians earned their triumph with fantastic and largely confident performances this season, an exciting offensive around Osimhen and dribbling artist Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, and the carefree attitude of an outsider without any big stars. After a few narrowly missed successes in previous years, Spalletti managed this time to ensure that his team did not collapse over the course of the season. In the Champions League, the SSC was only eliminated in the quarter-finals against AC Milan.

Serie A, Thursday games Udinese – Napoli 1-1 1:0 Lovric (13th), 1:1 Osimhen (52nd)

Empoli – Bologna 3-1 1:0 own goal Lucumi (1st), 2:0 Akpa Akpro (45th+1), 3:0 Cambiaghi (68th), 3:1 penalty Orsolini (88th)

Table SP G U V TV P 1. Naples 33 25 5 3 69:23 80 2. Lazio 33 19 7 7 52:24 64 3. Juventus 33 19 6 8 50:28 63 4. Inter 33 19 3 11 60:35 60 5.Milan 33 16 10 7 53:39 58 6. Atalanta 33 17 7 9 56:39 58 7. Roma 33 17 7 9 45:31 58 8. Fiorentina 33 12 10 11 45:39 46 9. Torino 33 12 9 12 35:38 45 10.Bologna 33 12 9 12 42:43 45 11.Monza 33 12 9 12 41:44 45 12.Udinese 33 10 13 10 43:41 43 13. Sassuolo 33 12 7 14 40:49 43 14. Empoli 33 8 11 14 29:43 35 15. Salernitana 33 7 14 12 41:54 35 16. Lecce 33 7 10 16 28:40 31 17. Specia 33 5 12 16 28:54 27 18. Hellas Verona 33 6 9 18 27:51 27 19. Cremonese 33 3 12 18 29:59 21 20. Sampdoria 33 3 8 22 20:59 17

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Napoli in seventh football heaven: The “Scudetto” is perfect

Now it's mathematically fixed, now the big party can start: After more than three decades, Napoli are champions of Serie A again.

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Serie A Italian	SP	TV	P
1. Inter	29	65:23	68
2.Milan	29	44:21	60
3. Naples	29	45:30	59
4. As	29	48:22	54
5. Juventus	29	51:28	53
6. Roma	29	39:23	51
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