Four Hundred and Thirty-Seven We only Have One Goal!

Not long ago, before Naples' away game against Inter Milan, the authoritative national TV station in China specially arranged for an interview team to go to Italy, filmed and interviewed in Naples, and conducted a special report.

The three-part report, aired on national television's Sport channel, is dedicated to all things Gao Shen in Naples.

The program team walked through the streets and alleys of Naples, and they found that football seems to have been immersed in the streets and alleys of this city and has become a part of the city.

"Dirty, messy and poor, this is the first reaction of all tourists who come to Naples."

"However, we are in the market area of ​​Naples, which is regarded as the most authentic Neapolitan neighborhood, and we can find that football is everywhere here."

"On the rolling gates of shops facing the street, there are various graffiti of Maradona, Naples and Gao Shen, and sky blue is the brightest color in this city; we can see all kinds of graffiti on the dazzling signboards. Football culture, football king Maradona and statues of Gao Shen also appear frequently."

"There are also Naples stars. The residents of Naples will make them into various cute little objects. At the same time, Naples fans will also actively use their imagination to toss their opponents into various things like toilet paper with a team logo on it."

National TV reporters interviewed many fans, and they found that the team that Naples fans hated the most was Juventus, because in Serie B, the two teams became deadly rivals, but now, Inter Milan has replaced it.

"Because they beat us 3-0 in the Coppa Italia!" a street interviewer said to the camera.

"Gao, our head coach, said that he will always remember this game, and we, like him, will never forget it."

As a result, all kinds of small objects that ridicule Inter Milan have become bestsellers, and some people even printed the head of Inter Milan star Zlatan Ibrahimovic, who has a big mouth and said a lot of things that offended Naples, on toilet paper.

Street culture like this has always been a part of the city of Naples, and it is a business card of this unique southern Italian team. Even many people come to Naples, they have to visit the market area to experience the most authentic Authentic Neapolitan style.

In 1990, Maradona led Naples to their second Serie A title.

At that time, the residents of Naples decided to collect donations collectively to draw a graffiti for Maradona. The author was Mario Filardi, a painter living in the Spanish Quarter of Naples.

During the drawing process,

Countless fans came to volunteer to help.

After the graffiti was completed, it became the most famous graffiti wall in the Naples market area. Almost all fans who came to Naples had to come here for a "pilgrimage".

But with the passage of time, this graffiti wall slowly lost its color.

For example, when drawing graffiti, Maradona's face happened to be painted on the windows of the residents on the second floor, so whenever the family opened the windows, Maradona's graffiti could not see the face.

Many residents of Naples have long been dissatisfied with this, and believe that Maradona should be commemorated in a new and permanent way, because the football king not only belongs to Argentina, but also belongs to Naples!

As early as last season, after Naples won the Serie A double crown, many residents petitioned the city government, proposing to recreate the graffiti wall for Gao Shen and Maradona, just next to the original Maradona graffiti wall .

The city government also agreed to this move, but later, a Naples street artist proposed a more ambitious project, which is to use the side of the entire building as a drawing board to draw two huge graffiti in the core area along the coast of Naples .

The graffiti are all huge heads, with Maradona on one side and Gao Shen on the other.

At the same time, the city government also responded to the appeal of the fans and erected a one-to-one statue of Gao Shen and Maradona at the northwest and southeast entrances of the San Paolo Stadium in Naples.

Among them, the image of Maradona is the player period, while Gao Shen is wearing a suit and standing on the sidelines to direct the game.

Every match day, all Naples fans enter the San Paolo Stadium from the northwest and southeast entrances. In order to erect statues, the city government specially transformed this place into a street greening similar to the triangle area.

In this way, all fans, when entering the San Paolo Stadium, have to pass by one of the two statues in the north and south.

The huge painting by street artists was sponsored by local companies in Naples. It is a spontaneous act of the people and has been widely supported by Naples fans. The statue at the San Paolo Stadium was officially set up by the city government and the Naples club.

The opening time was chosen before Christmas.

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According to the usual practice in previous years, Gao Shen took the Naples players. Before the holiday, the whole team was divided into several groups and went to Naples hospitals, nursing homes, kindergartens and other places to go deep into the local community and participate in some charity activities and community activities.

For European teams, this is a must, because local fans contribute the vast majority of ticket sales.

This is also a kind of feedback to the local fans.

The whole activity lasted one morning, and each group traveled to many different places and participated in various activities.

At noon, everyone in the team returned to the San Paolo Stadium on time to participate in the unveiling ceremony of the statue co-hosted by the city government and Naples. Even the newly appointed head coach of the Argentine national team, Maradona, flew to the scene to participate.

First, he participated in the unveiling of the statue of Maradona, and many media reporters from Italy and abroad gathered at the scene. Maradona first expressed his gratitude to the Naples city government and the club, and also said that he has always been a Naples fan. Unswerving.

"I am very happy to see that the team I love and have fought for, under the leadership of a passionate and very successful manager, has become the Italian and even European football team. The best team in the world."

"I'm proud and proud of this Napoli team!"

Maradona said that after becoming a head coach, he realized that being a head coach is not an easy task.

"Many people, such as Valdano and Menotti, told me that Gao is the most thoughtful head coach in world football at the moment, so this time I came to Naples, just want to learn from this team, from They learned something from their manager."

Maradona often showed his rebelliousness, but in private, especially in Naples, he showed a humble side.

When the ceremony moved to the southeast entrance and exit of the stadium, Gao Shen personally lifted the red cloth and unveiled his own statue. He was also very excited. All the fans, players and media at the scene gave him the warmest applause.

At the age of twenty-eight, after less than three years of coaching, Naples can erect a statue for him. This is definitely an incredible achievement.

Gao Shen responded to Maradona's humility just now, expressing that he is proud to be able to be side by side with such a legend as Maradona. He said that Maradona is the eternal god in his mind, and no one can replace it.

Regarding Naples, Gao Shen said that he is very grateful for this experience in Naples.

"This is a crucial experience on my growth and coaching path. It made me understand a lot of truths and learned a lot. It will benefit me for the rest of my life."

Regarding the team's next goal, Gao Shen said that he has nothing to say.

In Serie A, Naples is the leader of the standings and has only one goal, which is to win the championship.

Gao Shen said that under the current general situation of Serie A, he firmly believes that as long as Naples continues its excellent performance in the first half in the second half, he is very confident that he can lead the team to win the championship.

There is also the Coppa Italia, where Naples reached the quarter-finals. Gao Shen believes that the team's good rotation mechanism can ensure that Naples can still maintain a strong competitiveness in multi-line battles.

Finally, the Champions League.

"Many people feel very depressed when they draw Chelsea, and even feel pessimistic about it."

When Gao Shen said this, his eyes swept over the fans and his players, and he said what many people were thinking.

Although, many of them don't say anything.

"But what I want to say is, it doesn't have to be!"

Gao Shen stood in front of the microphone, facing the mayor and city councilors of Naples, as well as other political and business celebrities, without any stage fright.

"I want to say that Naples is a different city, and Naples' football is also a unique football. From the past to the present and to the future, we are always fighting, fighting back and struggling. "

"When we were still in Serie B, we dared to challenge Serie A teams and even the giants. Although we have achieved results and suffered disastrous defeats, this experience is precious to us. wealth."

"When we were promoted from Serie B to Serie A, everyone felt that our goal was to relegation, but only we knew that relegation was never our goal, our goal was to hit the championship!"

"In the past, countless people thought that this was a fantasy, but in the end, we defeated all the teams and turned all the impossible into possible. We became the first newly promoted team in the history of Serie A to win the championship. !"

There was a burst of thunderous applause.

"Now, I want to say that we have come out of the group of death surrounded by European teams such as Bayern, Real Madrid and Zenit. We have proved with facts that Naples is not a soft persimmon to be kneaded by others. We have the ability Go for what you want."

"Here, I want to tell everyone that no matter who we are going to face next, whether it is Chelsea or other teams, we Naples don't care, because they are destined to become our defeats."

"We have only one goal, and that is to be champions! All champions!"

"Here, my players and I promise everyone that we will do our best to realize this solemn promise!"

As soon as Gao Shen's voice fell, the scene burst into thunderous applause.