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Diego's footprint in Naples is indelible. It has been around 30 years since Diego Armando Maradona , which for many still remains unattainable on the court, left the city; However, there everything reminds him. You can't understand Naples without Maradona.
The marlin head of the Pescheria Alberto, corner between Via Pasquale Scura and Via Pignasecca, points to the sky like Maradona's hand on June 22, 1986 against England. The numerous motorbikes scramble everywhere in a motorized version of the eternal slopes of the Fluff . Even the swollen bellies of the Neapolitans corseted in a fat-stained T-shirt of size XS evoke the greatness of Maradona . And the rain, dirty and cloudy water, offer an even more decadent and imperfect image of the city, like the current Diego Armando.
The search for the Argentine star is a simple task. Maradó here and there. Naples is dedicated to football, Napoli, San Paolo and, above all, Diego . Market stalls in the square sell all kinds of products with references to Fluff. The kiosks show flags, scarves and t-shirts of the same authenticity as those of street vendors with the face of the young Maradona, the one who fell in love with the entire Neapolitan society and whose spirit still lives throughout the city. Magnets, household items, more or less achieved figurines. Maradona, Maradona . Maradona everywhere.
Religion is also very present in the city. On the way from anywhere in the city to the Nile bar , a place of Maradonian worship, there are many chapels and small altars dedicated to all saints and virgins. Maradona also has a part of that love for superior beings. All the greatness of Diego in a tiny and ornate cafeteria.
The exterior facade of the bar is chaired by a slate that simulates a grass field with an eleven of the Napoli arranged on it and a photograph of Gonzalo Higuaín being sucked by the centrifugal force of a toilet. On the other side of the entrance another message to Juventus: Maradona raises the 1990 Super Cup that Napoli beat the Juventinos in San Paolo with a clamorous 5-1. The little hand there Juve , they say proud as they remember how the city of Naples, popularly veiled by the elegant, rich and superb clubs of the north, had given a severe corrective to the Vecchia Signora . Under the poster of the ephemeris, for the first time, a photograph of the decrepit Maradona and without any remedy of today appears, attached with insulating tape to the glass.
The really interesting thing is inside the establishment. On the narrow wall on the right, just after crossing the threshold, stands the altar dedicated to Maradona . Right next to the bar, just below an air conditioner. Occupying the only free space left in the ornate cafeteria, where there are many references to Napoli, Diego and Marek Hamsik , the only modern player who has managed to climb to the highest ranks of the sports hierarchy.
The owners do not lose rubble of who comes to take a coffee or who comes to snoop. The latter must pay to see closely the only attraction of the bar. A poster remembers it; but if that wasn't enough, the owners stare at their arrogant gaze, totally mute. Once they have charged they smile.
An altar in the Nile bar conserves keychains, photos, rosaries and even supposed curly hairs from the head of the 'Fluff'
The altar to Maradona is bicolor: white and light blue. The colors of Argentina and Napoli. Several saints act as a delegation to a central photograph of Diego visibly discolored. A painting announces that the curly hairs it contains are from Diego Armando Maradona , although there is nothing I can prove. A rosary, a keychain from Evita Perón, another small photo of Maradona with raised thumbs and a tiny blister with Neapolitan tears collected in 1991 complete the main tribute of the Nile bar to San Diego . Orbiting around the altar there are more references. Highlights a montage simulating the creation of Adam in which Maradona, playing the role God on Earth with a sly smile, approaches a ball without much interest to the divine God in what is supposed to create calcium. "And God created football ... then he called Diego and said: 'teach him'".
Fervor for the Fluff is not only expressed with religious devotion. Throughout Naples there are murals and frescoes dedicated to Maradó. The artist San Spiga has left some of the most iconic moments throughout the city. It is impossible to detail what concrete wall they occupy; They are simply there, remembering how happy the city was thanks to Fluff .
When in doubt, the Neapolitans have as reference the Maradona Mural of 1990, at the top of the Quartieri Spagnoli. A gigantic and renovated Maradona occupies the facade of a dilapidated building. Hand painted, handmade. Nor does it look much like Maradona. But it is him. No one could be so big.
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