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TO THE VICTOR BELONG THE SPOILS

The cobbled streets and archways of Naples are adorned with murals of deities. Neopolitans can’t nip out for a tin of tomatoes without meeting the gaze of Jesus Christ or Diego Maradona. The recent emergence of another portrait has provided further proof that there are two ways to achieve deification in this city: be the son of God himself… or fire Napoli to the Scudetto.

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