Part two: NAPOLI & SERIE A
Nov 27, 2020
3 minutes
Paddy Agnew
The first time that the Maradona effect in Italy really struck home was on a Monday morning back in November 1985.
The day before, Diego had scored a wonderful free-kick to record an historic 1-0 win for Napoli over northern giants Juventus. This writer had just arrived in Italy to cover Serie A. That Monday morning, on the streets of Rome, it was impossible to walk more than a few blocks without seeing fans attempting to re-enact the free-kick: the stabbed, billiard-like left-footed shot with which he had scored an
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