Maradona in Naples: A love story between a footballer and a city | Al Jazeera World Documentary
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- More than three decades since Argentinian football icon Diego Maradona played for Napoli football club, he remains a visible presence in this Italian city. His image adorns the city streets, in homes, cafés and even a cemetery.
Italian photojournalist Sergio Siano journeys through Naples meeting Maradona fans, who believe that the footballer’s success elevated Naples to previously unseen greatness - as a club and a city.
This film charts the long-lasting love story between Maradona and the city of Naples.
But it is more than the story of a famous footballer: it documents how Neapolitans elevated the Argentinian hero into their own Saint Diego.
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Grazie Al Jazeera....Grazie..... Grazie..... Grazie......Grazie per aver mostrato al mondo la Bellezza di Napoli e l'amore di Napoli per Diego Armando Maradona!!!! Grazie Grazie Grazie fratelli !!!!!! Sciukràn !!!!!!
Thank you for the documentary…. It is so important to understand the impact of Diego A Maradona on the lives of people. Especially for the younger generation who don’t understand his greatness …. He was much more than a football genius,…. A Hero, saviour & fighter for justice…..🙏
Great documentary…Bravo!
Maradona was hated by the elite because he hated them.He knew they were trash and believe me he paid the price.Messi and ronaldo go along with elites and do everything they ask and they get everything in return.They will never compete with him in any way.He is the greatest of all time in so many ways.
Who was he partying with? The poor and disenfranchised? Only the very best coke, for a man of the people. Give me a break. He blew every poor kid’s dream, because he was selfish, entitled and lazy.
Maradona was an anti fifa and corporates he was is and will be beloved from the people from the usual people,Ronaldo and Messi are fifa dolls are football junkies compared to Maradona,Maradona didn’t need fifa and elite back up,he hated them and the football lovers loved love and always love him,Ronaldo and Messi will fade like nothing very soon when the fifa corruption get discovered,so far are discovered some corruption with the previous fifa president but some will get discovered with this new one infantino.Pele Maradona are the kings of this game
@@fowchiiiliedpuppiesdied you were right while you were talking about Maradona. Then you started talking BS. Grow up!
Messi does ronaldo doesn't. That's why half the football fanbase hates him
@@pavanteja5176 Ronaldo s stupidity and arrogant cause his beef with fifa
After watching this documentary, I now convinced Maradona was the most charismatic figure in the history of sports. A city gave all it's love to him and he loved it right back. I'm very fortunate to have seen him play at the height of his powers.
He's the greatest of all time because he transcended the game.
Every other great player in the history of football is a champion. Maradona is the only hero.
Very well said…. I was looking for a shirt way to make anyone understand that difference between him & other footballers 👍
You know it is very difficult to disagree with that statement. 😉🙏
The man that gave hope to our city and made us believe again
I agree. The only other player to win the heart of one city was Francesco Totti
Poor man's footballer Diego Maradona.
Messi ,Maobbe, Cr7 will in thousand times can never reached the that epitome of love n respect ....no sports person can ever will be
Diego is god, god of football. I´m a AS Roma fan and I saw him playing against Roma once. He wan that game alone, I was shocked! I can´t even image what Napoli´s fans feels about him. Despite Messi, Pele´ , Platini, Zidane and my own Totti, Maradona was and still is the God of football.
Pure talent no need for training sessions....he is the most gifted and iconic player ever.... simply the greatest of all time .
He was the voice of millions of oppressed people in the world. He will be always remembered by them...as long as there is oppression there will be Maradona. From India.
The irony lol.
He was one of us brother
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Long live diego ❤❤❤❤
There is a popular phrase, 'Legends are born not made'. I don't know how far it's true.
But a True Legend is always a 'Revolutionary', who inspires, transforms a society, a generation not only present but many future generations as well.
At the time of peak in his career, Maradona decided to go and play for an Italian football club Napoli in Naples. The poor club never won the Italian Football League(Serie A League) ever before. Maradona transformed the club, the city and people of Naples. He makes them believe, they have courage, they can defeat and they can also 'WIN'.....
Many Thanks to Al Jazeera & Domino Film for making this documentary.
He was a man from the poorest part of the planet, from the slums, who made it because of his will. For millions of people he has been a symbol, the symbol of the social redemption that everyone has the right to pursue, the symbol of the chance of making it counting on his own tenacity. Furthermore, he has never allowed himself to be engulfed by the world of the privileged and wealthy classes, he has always remained a man of the people. He fought a lot of battles against the corrupt power of the FIFA and for the poorest and the most forlorn people of the world. Only those who followed him knows all this, because only seldom the main stream media, an expression of world elites, gave him the floor, they preferred to point out its shortcomings (which he also had, he was very human in this). This is why he was and he still is loved by all the poor and the good people of the world.
Maradona led Napoli to multiple wins in the Italian league and UEFA championships along with the WC win and also led a struggling side again to WC final. Both as a player and a leader he was unparalleled. And despite his stature as a footballer he wasn't driven by money otherwise he wouldn't have joined a club like Napoli ever. No one today can imagine a Mess I or a Ronaldo to play for such clubs. If only he had been better monitored as he wasn't big on self discipline, he could have not gone into a self destruction. I remember the semi final in Naples vs Italy in 1990 where the city was rooting for Maradona as one of its own. Against the national side. That says something greater about a player and the power of sporting symbols to override even national rallying cries. That in itself is a GOAT standard as none of the GOAT contenders can conjure something like this.
"he's ever present, because he's part of my childhood and whatever's part of your childhood stays with you for the rest of your life" those words perfectly put why diego is so special for a lot of us
Wow!I have never seen a single individual with soo much influence receiving soo much love n admiration almost cultic from the public like maradona in Naples.Those guys literally worship him,they talk, breath and eat everything Maradona.Even Argentines cannot rival the love that the Naples community have for Maradona. Priceless.
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He lives inside me..many many kms away from Napoli or Argentina! We love him here in Kolkata. I pray to him. He is my God.
The Most beautiful city in the World.
It's because of Maradona!
@@saeedhussein3323 u look creepy with that pic, 1/10
It's great that one individual can have such an impact not only in the field but in people's lifestyle
Maradona's left hand was divinely inspired and led to the introduction of VAR.
this MAN Saved NAPOLI ALL BY HIM SELF AND THE ENITER CLUB
such a miracle HAS never happened ever since
Look at the love for football he had on his face. Rolling around in the mud. True love. He is football.
Hvala lepa prijatel ot Serbija... respect from Napoli !!!
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very beautiful, thank you. Maradona for me was a friend in real life, he became part of my family thanks to the famous song my father wrote for him. It's amazing that 40 years later he is still deeply our city and culture, and the legend is growing, not fading. That's real love, the same Diego had to us
I am from limassol Cyprus and my love for Diego is immortal no one and repeat no one is the GOAT on the King of Napoli the King of the World is and will always be ARMADO DIEGO MARADONA
We do not forget our hero
He is a Sparta Never quit never surrendered
Chao Napoli
Maradona was art in motion, a warrior, a champion, the legend that became the myth.
Loved this man,what he done on that park at that time for his country and Naples will never be beaten,what a man,sadly missed by this Scotsman
when justice is absent in times of hardship... people look for a mythical figure.. a hero.. to save them, it was Hercules for the ancient Greeks and it was Maradona for the Neapolitans. I was alive during that era in Italy, and yes... the rest is history. 👕10
Maradona was the greatest genius who has had ever played the beautiful game...if Maradona is second, then no one will be first..in the way he played and won the game
I hope Napoli takes the scudetto this year honoring DIOS.....maradona
Me too Ernesto....me too!!!
I love Maradona very much.
Maradona himself is football. He influenced millions of people around the world. what a legend!
Maradona is and always will be the GOAT.
I’ve been in many places, and the Napolitano are the best people I ever met.
What a very poor comparison it is to compare him not only with players like Messi and Ronaldo but just with any other player in the history of football. Literally he is far beyond comparison with any player till now and only The Almighty Lord knows in the future.
Maradona's influence extends far beyond FOOTBALL. No one in the history of football ever has such kind of influence.
Have you noticed only the city of Naples? What kind of city has it become? Is there anyone in the history of football who has such an influence on any city? Not only he REVIVED and transformed the sprit of the Napolitans but it transformed the city in to a center of SOCIAL/WORLD JUSTICE. You will see pictures/grafitis/portraits of SOCIAL/WORLD JUSTICE everywhere, not only DIEGO ARMANDO MARADONA's. And it tells a lot. What an influence!
No other footballer in history is hero worshipped like D10S
No one in football history single handedly led his country to win world cup and a failing club to be a champion. Only DIEGO ARMANDO MARADONA did it!!!
May The Almighty Lord have so much mercy on you my childhood hero!
You will remain my football hero for always and forever and I don't think no one will achieve what you achieved ever again.
You are in my heart forever and for always!!!
beautifully said
A great film on a great man and a great city. Viva Diego! D10 esiste! Forza Napoli!
El Diego es nuestro y es de ustedes, es de todos aquellos a los que les gusta el buen fútbol. En un mundo de reglas, canchas perfectas, estadísticas...la alegría que él tenía y expresaba con su juego no se ve más. El Diego es puro fútbol. Fútbol en su máxima expresión.
Wow. What an emotional documentary. El Diego will always in our heart. Rest in Power Maradona
This is what players like Ronaldo and Messi couldn't do. Maradona made napoli (small club) shine and challenger. Both Messi and Ronaldo only played for big clubs
🇯🇲 Maradona, of Argentine identity.
Free of spirit & demonstrated duality.
Tamed by conscience, not authority.
Son of parents born of adversity.
Loved by nationals of all diversity.
Stories abound, he left for posterity.
A life expired so young...what a pity?
Napoli still feeling the gravity.
I am very honored to have participated in this documentary. The work that Maurizo Padula and I created can be found at minute 37:00 and 41:11. Our studio is LLABBASC vico San Pietro a Maiella 6 (piazza Bellini) Napoli
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@@aljazeeraenglish Sciukran !!! Grazie Grazie grazie !!!! A big hug from Napoli !!!!
Complimenti!!!!!!
Grazie mille!
... Indeed!! He could/would have played for a bigger and richer clubs but he didn't cuz he was different: never forgotten his roots: where he came from and belonged to. what a story of the little man with a big heart and of course with golden feet and a brilliant player he was.
He was a Hero not just a player and champion..
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felicitaciones desde argentina a Al Jazeera y gracias por este increíble video, por mostrar esa parte del mundo maradona q desde aqui a quienes no podemos viajar, nos dan a conocer.. muchas gracias.. y saludos al pueblo napolitano q no hay argentino que no sienta una hermandad tacita con ellos por haberle brindado su segunda casa a diego..
Maradona was the greatest player by far.
I will choose a team with 6 Maradonas over a team with 6 Peles.
Everytime he had the ball , there was a feeling of goal in the air. Sometimes it felt that the team was defending the ball going to Maradona rather than their own goal.
The best that has ever been and ever will be. Messi second
Maradona was the best player I have ever seen, everywhere he went he was a one man attacking team. Unlike others except Pele Maradona proved himself at international level and scored the best ever goal against England. A genius who has no equal, thanks for the upload and memories.
and lets not forget the other goal hand of god cheat
@@pauljones8218 You mean the hand of Henry ?? How many cheat with diving and play acting with minimal contact getting fellow players sent off. It's become a dirty game were cheating is rewarded and never punished. That Fernandes needs sending off every other game for his play acting and complaining to officials. Cheat of a player.
im a utd fan and bruno drives me nuts with his acting and moaning all the time just play football for f--- sake
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@@pauljones8218 Isnt it amazing that you are still crying over the Hand of God goal!!!! In fact the whole of England should consider itself as blessed by the greatest football player of all time - Diego Armando Maradona. England was blessed by the Hand of God😄
Diegiooooooooo, Diegooooooooo Maradona! What a documentary btw, thanks AJ team❤❤💯💯
Al Jazeera has been hitting the ball out of the park recently. This is an excellent documentary. Easily up there with the best of Maradona documentaries. This, and the recent excellent expose of the UK Labour Party. Congratulations to the film makers, researchers and editors, and all the staff. Keep up the good work, and thank you.
Qué pedazo de documental!! Todavía estoy emocionado. Gracias, Nápoli. Ojalá más argentos, cómo yo, vieran esta obra de arte 🇦🇷
While he was alive, Diego Armando was Gods representative on earth. There will never, ever be another footballer that will eclipse his genius.
Maradona the God of football will forever watch over Naples. Gods never die they are forever
Hail Maradona
Miss you so much, Dieguito 💙🤍💙
He had the biggest heart with charisma and not just being one of the greatest player ever soccer world has seen!
Diego Maradona with his life immortalized Napoli the team and the city
S Korea will miss Diego Maradona. Maradona helped S Korea to host 2002 World cup with Japan and Japan retaliated against Maradona not to enter Japan for an international events. Japan as a nation should not be in an international events after committing war crimes and still refuse to give full apology. Kim Min Jae did right by going to a team that was 2nd home to Maradona for 7 years in Napoli which is long time in professional soccer.
This is news to me. Seems the great man simply couldn't help getting embroiled in political controversies that ought to have had nothing to do with him. No wonder he triggered the kind of intense passion no other sportsman did.
I had the luck to meet him once and shake his hand couldn’t sleep that day how happy I was
The best player in the history of Maradona, the miracle of the legend, the magician, did not and will not give birth to stadiums like Maradona
I'm of an age to remember Diego in the 86 World Cup. To me he is and always will be the No. 1 G.O.A.T! A genius. God rest him.
I'm Napolitan. Maradona played for Naples football club for 7 years, we loved the footballer for 7 years and we love and will always love the MAN.
Up until he scored against italy im the world cup in Naples he was easily the most loved man in italy
@@msmjsiajdgdhsjajahgshsjaje8990 Absolutey no. He played for Naples and Naples is hated by the rest of italy.
@@gaycavalier76 meant most loved man in naples until he scored a penalty for argentina in naples then everyone and the media turned on him m
@@msmjsiajdgdhsjajahgshsjaje8990 are you even from Naples?
@@msmjsiajdgdhsjajahgshsjaje8990 And italians supported Germany in final against him in wc 90.
Thank you for this amazing documentary.I always wanted to know about the relationship between Maradona & Naples.Looks like he is a God-like figure in Naples.He is everywhere in the city of Naples.If only he was alive to witness Messi & Argentina lift their third World Cup title.
There are many goats in football bt there was there is there will b only 1 GOD
DIEGO ARMANDO MARADONA❤🙏🏻
Agradecidos. Napoli. Desde Argentina. Las maravillas de cuadros esculturas murales y la calidez del. Pueblo de Napoli. Desde Argentina. Los amamos. Humildemente. Desde. B's as. En. Mi persona. Y mi. Pueblo. Gracias a todos ustedes por Este documental. Viva Napoli. 🇦🇷🇦🇷🇦🇷🇦🇷🇦🇷💟👍
Maradona is smiling through his tears in the skies watching Argentina became a World Champion. Love you Diego! There will never be like you. 🙏🙏😭😭
A very insightful doc. I wouldn't worry about Diego being forgotten. When they renamed the stadium in Naples after him, it went to show how much he has meant to the the Neapolitan people. As I have said many times, if God himself came down from the heavens and played the "beautiful game", he would be called Maradona. A total genius. A total artist on the football pitch.
Glad you liked the documentary, dear Seauin. We appreciate your positive feedback. 🙌
D10S ⚽️ il calciatore e l’uomo più POLITICO di sempre ✅👍🌋💙🇦🇷
It's difficult to talk about a tomorrow to those who have not lived it.
- Probably the most profound line of the whole piece. I suspect that this was Diego's impact, to captivate a population and lead them energized towards a tomorrow.
Quite unbelievable how beloved he still is in Napoli. What a story!
A wonderful comment and a beautiful quote, dear Rajeev.
Indeed the influence and impact of Maradona on Napoli is something just no one can imagine, predict or tell till it happens. It's is like living in a fairy tell which even feels till now after 3 decades.
Napoli has been transformed completely not to be the same again.
No city in any circumstances experienced a euphoria like what Maradona in football brought to Napoli.
Diego, was not only a great footballer, but also spoke out against the racism of northern Italians against southern Italians.
Maradona was the best one in his national football team and especially, in Napoli team where he was a sort of God who brought Neapolitans greatness. So, there no debate Maradona is the GOAT ahead of Lio Messi.
I have seen it 3 times with a tear in my eyes, a smile in my face and a pain in my heart.
Beautiful documentary. Thanks AJ, my channel. You always bring out the best!!!
Many thanks for your positive feedback, dear Sa'eed. We appreciate it. 🙌
Only two people have ever transcended their sport. Muhammad Ali and Maradona.
And pele
Efren bata Reyes
As a youngster in Scotland I looked forward to watching Argentina play us at Hampden. The media were in full praise of this boy starlet who was coming to play, I had never heard of him until the build up to the match. I mainly focussed on him as he was showing amazing skills for one so young. I got to see him score his 1st goal for his country and like the rest of the stadium applauded it. I have always admired the man and wished one day he would represent my team Rangers, but sadly he was well away from our grasp. What a footballer.
Casually watching maradona score his debut goal going "ah good lad reckon he'd do a job at rangers"
Diego wouldn’t have played for such a vile club.
As a boy I was also at Hampden Park,that warm, sunny day, to see him score his first international goal. Even during the pre-match warm up I was mesmerized by his skills.
Thanks Very much Al Jazeera for this documentary! I really enjoyed it! I am a Mexican and I grew up watching and loving Maradona Greatness. Somehow I felt that Maradona was not only the ambassador of great Football to the world from Argentina but also from Latin-America. I must admit I was not aware of the positive impact and legacy that left in the city of Naples! Great Work!
Dear Marco, thanks for watching. We appreciate your positive feedback. 🙌
I am a Turkish Cypriot born in London in 66...
Lived in London all my life yet supported Argentina in every WC...
Supported Napoli when D10S went there...
Etc Etc Etc...
That's what D10S means to me !!!!.
It's not what you did with your life D10S...
It's what you did to mine !!!
The real Goat in universe.
Great documentary! I am from Naples, Diego forever with us.
Glad you liked it, dear Tonino. Thanks for your comment. 🙌
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The GOAT, end of .
commozione. 100% dal 1 minuto fino al 47 minuto. ❤D10S❤
Oh, I love it. I understand this man and will ride this wave with utmost pleasure and emotion. Thanks
😊per me Maradona è come un abito cucito da un sarto forza napoli Raffaele da alessandria
Great Maradona what a God gifted talent unique piece one and only excellent player love from Pakistan 🇵🇰
Maradona had too much gravity . He tried , he did his best . Will alway be remembered. He’s immortal
But sad;y we never saw his best because of his off the pitch life. I strongly Believe he had another level or two to show. Scandalous scandalous talent , nature blessed him with.
This is BEAUTIFUL. El Diego is ETERNAL ❤
We love Diego and will never never forget the King of football
Nikolas from limassol
Thank you for this extremely well-made nostalgic and emotional film about the greatest player of all time. I also appreciate the different layers (e.g., poverty, prejudice, struggle, victory and hope) of this film and the stories of some of the folks who lived through this magical experience, and what it meant to them, during Maradona’s reign. Maradona inspired countless people to love football and his second home, Napoli. 🙏
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Barcelona were always the best in finding and recruiting the best football talents in the world. Di Stefano, Maradona, Ronaldo, Ronaldinjo, Messi....
Diego: eterno en Argentina y en Nápoles ❤❤❤
Great! Great! Thank you so much for your documentary. I like Diego and Napoli.
He transcended football and in many ways he was football. You think of football you think of Maradonna.
Wow didn't' know his heart is Palestinian. .GOAT no one will transcend the sport like him.. I grew up in Trinidad and Tobago and watch him played every Sunday for Napoli....the goals he scored were impossible..never again the whole world will love a footballer like him...he is the peoples' champ.
Thanks for this answer
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Man is just like that for better for worse a sinner but we love him and forever he is in our hearts💖💖💖 that was soo nice
Maradona the saviour of Naples. Much as he saved Naples.. he felt redemption himself🌹
My gratitude to the maker of the documentary and also to everyone associated with it..
18:55 this is a city full of magic! Beautiful magic!
non riesco piu a guardare video riguardanti diego, le lecrime scorrono e non riesco a controllarle
They Will Never Be Another Maradona Never.....
Just returned from Napoli. As a barça fan I watch him play for my team and was amazed at his skills but never knew how much it meant to Naples and to the neapolitan people until now. Beautiful documentary and stories behind it. ❤
Thank you so much for this in-depth, moving documentary on Maradona and what he meant to Napoli. I was there on short visits in the past 2 years and tried to get to the Maradona murals. Your docu went far beyond what I was able to see. I'm planning to return in May and will make a beeline for that pizzeria and try to see more. Amazing story.
Maradona is the biggest legend of the most famous sport in the world, Diego is known from children to the aderly all around the globe!
When I read comments about people from India, Nepal and other far places about Diego it makes so proud of him and what he did here.
As Neapolitan I always like to repeat that Maradona can only be compared to Bob Marley lol.
Other biggest legend in sports or music of the past are not so actual like them still nowadays in young generation.
And yes Maradona had an immense class and he played with bolts in the ankle, don't you forget it!!
messi is much better than maradona.
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@@airzoomhuarache 💩💩 you , maradona and naples.
In india where there is huge fandom for Maradona and Argentina... there is a saying.. "argentinism is a religion established by Maradona and messi is the newest prophet "... and Messi too delivered atlast..😊
Late 1980's was the time when television was for the first time available
/affordable in india for public and indians who till then were used to see people playing football in harvested paddy fields or occasional club matches were for the first time exposed to the quality of world football...and they were mesmerized by Maradona, the magic he did with football, how he carried his team in his shoulders delivered them worldcup, his stand with poor and oppressed, how genuine he was while expressing his joy, anger and sorrow... He made a whole generation of Indians his fans.. and these fans told stories about maradona and argentina to their children, made them his next generation of loyal fans..and the flame is now passing on to the next generation kids...the same story goes to bangladesh too, i think.
Rest in peace legendary football player ⚽ Maradona ⚽ watching from Kathmandu nepal .....🇳🇵
My favorite player ❤
DM10... he did not play for money... but for pride and honesty. In combnation with immens creativiy. That's why he got the money. MARANGEL