Naples sweeps Rome on the farewell night of the legend of Maradona

In the ninth league stage, Naples swept Roma at the San Paolo stadium, which will move to the Diego Maradona stadium or the San Paolo-Maradona stadium, with goals from Lorenzo Insigne (31), Fabián Ruiz (64), the Belgian Dries Mertens (81) and Matteo Politano (86).

Napoli rose to 17 points in fifth place behind Juventus with the same points, while the capital team squandered the opportunity to stay only in the description in case of their victory, to freeze their balance at point 17 in sixth place .

The game began with a minute of silence for Maradona, as Napoli came to the game wearing a new shirt similar to that of the Argentine national team in honor of the “golden boy” who died on Wednesday at the age of 60.

Despite the strong entrance of Rome, with a shot from the Spanish Pedro Rodríguez from the borders of the region, reached the goal in the second minute, Napoli again asserted control after the tenth minute in which the referee stopped the game (in reference to the number 10 that Maradona was wearing) and the players clapped for a minute.

Mertens receives a direct free kick, Insigne scores the lead in the 31st minute before heading to the bench and wearing the Napoli jersey with Maradona’s name and number 10 on it and kisses him in honor.

“We dedicate the result to him and the whole city,” Insigne said after the game. “We live very sad days. Maradona for us was great.”

In the 64th minute, Ruiz hit a strong ground from outside the area, which fell into the net on the left of the goalkeeper, who did not move.

Then the southern team scored the third goal when Mertens followed a shot from goalkeeper 81, before Politano added a wonderful fourth goal after penetrating the defenders and overtaking the goalkeeper (86).

Napoli hopes to compete for the title by aspiring to do so for the third time after Maradona took it to its only titles in its history in 1987 and 1990.

Napoli’s players had previously honored Maradona on Thursday before his team’s match with Rijeka, Croatia (2-0) in the European League “Europa League” at the “San Paolo” stadium, wearing the number 10 jersey and the legend name.

Since the news of the death was announced, thousands of Naples fans have flocked to the “San Paolo” stadium, which will soon be called Maradona, as the city’s mayor suggested on Wednesday, while the club’s president, Aurelio de Laurentiis stated: “I think it’s fair to call the San Paolo stadium to stay with us.” “.

Maradona left an indelible mark on the history of Naples, who defended their colors for seven years between 1984 and 1991, leading them to win the national title twice, and once both the European Cup and the Italian Cup.