Naples Mayor Luigi de Magistris said
Thursday that the city's San Paolo Stadium, Napoli's home
ground, will be renamed after Diego Maradona following the
soccer great's premature death of a heart attack at the age of
60 on Wednesday.
The southern city is in shock after the passing of its favourite
adopted son, who led Napoli to two Serie A titles in 1987 and
1990, as well as the Italian Cup in 1987 and the UEFA Cup in
1989.
"No one can touch him," de Magistris told Radio anch'io sport.
"He was able to interpret the permanent bond between the city
and the team.
"The stadium will be called the Diego Armando Maradona.
"The people want it. They spoke unanimously yesterday.
"Diego has the capacity to unite all the Neapolitans.
"Napes and Maradona, the humility, the strength and the
extraordinary power of our city, which sometimes needs to cling
to a point of reference.
"He was great not just in soccer terms, but also for his ability
to intercept the feelings of the people.
"He was a man who knew what suffering was.
"He interpreted the thirst for justice.
"It seemed that Napoli would never get to the top of the soccer
world but thanks to him they did".
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