Naples (EFE).- A 26-year-old young man died this morning from gunshot wounds at the ‘Scudetto’ celebrations in Naples.
According to local media reports, three other fans were also injured by shots in Garibaldi Square, near the central station, and three more were admitted to the hospital for injuries caused by firecrackers or flares.
And it is that May 4 will be remembered for life in Naples as the day on which he touched the sky again, conquering a historic ‘Scudetto’ that resisted in recent days.
Osimhen worked the miracle and scored the goal of the final tie against Udinese (1-1) that certified glory for an entire town, eager to party.
The long wait for Naples and the city that bears his name is over. Because Naples, at least these days, is not a city with a team, but a team with a city behind it.
It was too many 33 years without being able to celebrate anything, but, although far from home and scared, the city of Buenos Aires felt great again, even more so.
Ghosts of the past
It all started with an insufficient first half, like the one last Sunday against Salernitana.
A goal from Udinese in the 13th minute, a direct shot into Lovric’s squad brought with it the ghosts of the last game due to its resemblance to that of Boulaye Dia at Maradona that postponed the expected party.
The Udinese midfielder managed to take advantage of an error in the Neapolitan swing to receive without a mark and with time inside the area. Again Spalletti frowned, noted in the notebook and seemed to know exactly what he had to do to change his team.
Naples seemed to be playing for a while with a slab that was too heavy. Perhaps having an entire town more pending than ever or the possibility of going down in history was being too much for a team that had done everything perfectly so far, but which lacked the finishing touch.
the tie was enough
But the virtue of this team, one of them, is that in addition to being a choral team, it has enough individualities to come out on top in moments of greatest trouble. And this time, like so many others throughout the season, it was Victor Osimhen who was in charge of guiding his team to success with a goal just after half-time that completely changed the game.
The Diego Armando Maradona exploded, 800 km from Udine, with flares, firecrackers and horns. And Naples was another. He recovered his essence, he got rid of the slab that he carried and that prevented him from being himself; to be that feared team in Italy and that was the sensation of Europe.
From the equalizing goal, Udinese knew they had no choice but to put up with the onslaught of the deserved champion. Because Napoli rediscovered themselves and did not miss another opportunity to achieve the almost unthinkable.
This time a draw was enough. A 1-1 that may not go down in history as Osimhen will after scoring the goal. A goal that will be difficult to erase from the retina of the Neapolitans and that will be difficult to stop talking about in Naples.
This time, the Partenopean team did not miss their appointment with history, they became champions of the ‘Scudetto’ and returned an entire town to the top of Italy.
– Datasheet:
1 – Udinese: Silvestri; Becao, Bijol, Nehuén Pérez; Ehizibue (Ebosele, m.82), Samardzic (Thauvin, m.82), Walace, Lovric (Arslan, m.78), Udogie (Zeegelaar, m.74); Pereyra; Nestorovsky
1 – Naples: Meret; Lorenzo, Rahmani, Kim, Olivera; Anguissa, Lobotka, Ndombele (Zielinski, m.64); Elmas, Osimhen, Kvaratskhelia (Lozano, m.85)
Goles: 1-0, m.13: Lovric; 2-0, m.53: Osimhen
Referee: R. Abisso. He showed a yellow card to Ehizibue (m.17) by Udinese.
Incidents: Match corresponding to the thirty-third day of Serie A played at the Dacia Arena Stadium in Udine.
Tomas Frutoseq
that postponed the expected party, it seemed too much punishment. Two consecutive blows in four days and less than 90 minutes to recover.