“Napoli’s Trembling Quest for A League Champion – History and Precedent”

2023-05-02 05:34:18

Napoli I had the ideal setting to go out champion from A league following 33 years. On the previous turn, the defeat of Lazio once morest Inter gave Luciano’s team Spalletti the chance to seize the third Scudetto in its history with a win once morest Salernitana. That was why the opening of the scoreboard in favor of the local made explode the Diego Maradona stadium until generating an earthquake! light, but naples trembled.

He 1-1 final that Salernitana achieved ten minutes from closing postponed the consecration of Napoli one more date. However, regarding 20 minutes earlier, joy had first invaded all of Naples, since Mathías Olivera had converted the 1-0 header that it seemed that he would give Serie A to the Spaletti team.

At that moment when the ball kissed the net, there was an explosion in the stands of Diego Maradona and in its vicinity, since they did not reach 55,000 entries and the people who might not enter waited outside to celebrate the title. At that moment, as reported by the Department of Structures for Engineering and Architecture (Dist) of the University of Naples Federico II, an earthquake took place! Small, but tremor in the end: it had a magnitude of around 2 degrees on the Richter scale. Peak acceleration was recorded over a period of 0.5 seconds. Craziness!

The precedent in Argentine soccer: the day La Plata trembled

On April 5, 1992, a La Plata derby It went down in history but not because of the result, but because of a very particular extra-soccer situation. The match was played in the old stadium of Studentscalled Jorge Luis Hirschi, and Gimnasia won it 1-0 with a goal scored by the Uruguayan José Perdomo. The midfielder took charge of a free kick near the Pincha area 9 minutes into the second half and, with an exquisite finish, scored the only goal of the match and it unleashed the madness of the thousands of fans who were in the visiting stands.

The result was not changed and Lobo celebrated on the Pincha court following 16 games without being able to do so in that condition. A few days following the classic, the Astronomical Observatory of the Faculty of Astronomical and Geophysical Sciences of the National University of La Plata, located 600 meters from the stadium, reported that, At the time Perdomo scored the goal, there was an earthquake measuring 0.3 degrees on the Richter scale, that is, a small earthquake.

When will Napoli play once more and what does it take to be Serie A champion?

On Thursday, May 4, from 3:45 p.m., Napoli can be champion before Udinese during his visit to the Stadio Friuli, on the date 33 of the A league. There are six games difference between the leader and the second in the table, that is why during the next day there might be a champion if the team from the South gets a draw once morest Udinesehis next rival.

Those from the South of Italy need to add only one point to be champion. In case of losing in all six games, the Roma team has to win all their games to reach it. Lazio will host Sassuolo on Wednesday and, if he doesn’t prevail, Napoli will lift the trophy without having played their match.

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