Friday, April 15, 2011

Naples: The Soldiers love (Sing Diego)

What a sight. It 'easy to fall into rhetoric when it comes to Naples, the Neapolitans and the affection they have towards the national team: a visceral passion that goes far beyond the concept of "support" for a team. Something perhaps unique in the world. Certainly rare. Because as he wrote Maurizio De Giovanni, the Napoli fan is a "sick": "his is a creeping, violent disorder, with symptoms varied and absolutely incurable.

Contracts at an early age, often for infection, a father, a brother, a friend is often more highly infectious and genetic. He incubation, time course and the crisis with a weekly time curve and culminates on Sunday, when it reaches its acute phase. GUARDIAN ANGELS - "They are my bodyguards." Men's movies, De Laurentiis could not have chosen better words.

Napoli are never alone. It never was for the truth. Perhaps now the phenomenon has a greater media coverage, because the team has reached the top of Italian football. But who knows, knows that even in the era of obscurantism blue, the fans have never abandoned their faith. Just to stay in the last decade, few games come to mind.

Serie B 2002-2003, Terni-Napoli 1-0 (goal by Vidigal) of 31 May, with the blue dove-called victory as not to risk a humiliating relegation to Serie C: visitors to the St. Paul, 65000. The following year came the third set because of the failure, but the people answered his part blue. Debut with the Citadel, were 58,000 in Fuorigrotta.

Where there is also a full house in a lot of play off with Sambenedettese and Avellino, and often still a long winding road that has brought the blues to the Olympus of football. Remember the Titans - The soldiers there have always been in love. Present, despite the dark times that have marked the history of football Naples.

Just to point it out to those who today wants to explain the phenomenon with the victories of Naples. Not so: they escorted everywhere the blue ship, ready to defend their flag everywhere. And today, thanks to a team that was able to state the name of Naples so high, they can enjoy and understand this extraordinary moments.

Time for love that brings to mind another era. When singing "'O surdato' nnammurato" had a different flavor. Remember the Titans.

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