Ex Napoli boss recalls 'beautiful days' of Maradona arrival

Napoli's former owner Corrado
Ferlaino on Thursday recalled the "beautiful days" of the
arrival in the soccer-mad southern port city of Argentine great
Diego Maradona on July 5, 1984, 40 years ago.

   
Boarding an MSC cruise liner to take part in the event "Maradona
at Napoli 40 years later, July 5, 1984, the day that changed the
world', the 93-year-old ex Azzurri president said "Maradona
remains for me and for the Neapolitans a very beautiful memory
from 40 years ago.

   
"We lived him (sic) in Naples and Diego remains one of the most
beautiful memories of my life".

   
Ferlaino managed to get El Pibe de Oro from Barcelona to start
to build a great Napoli that would go on to win two Serie A
titles, a UEFA Cup, the Italian Cup and the Italian Supercup
from 1984 to 1991.

   

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