“Naples, optimistic emotions for the Scudetto!”. Then he goes again to Cassano and cries for Diego

Football from Naples – Interview by Cyrus Ferrara a The Republic on newsstands in the present day. The previous Blue defender is again to speak about his profitable Napoli aspect Diego Armando Maradona and there was additionally a reference to Antonio Cassano. Listed below are some excerpts:

Interview with Ciro Ferrara Repubblica

Then again, Ciro, his Naples…

“What a fantastic staff! Nobody can title this factor (he touches his chest, ed) and I definitely will not, however I’ve optimistic emotions. It has caught a brand new wind. Nobody would have imagined such a begin after the departures of Koulibaly, Mertens, Insigne, Ospina and Fabian, however Napoli present that concepts could be value greater than investments and capital. No person knew that incredible Georgian. In the present day Napoli is solely the very best staff in Europe.”

You simply defended his reminiscence, replying to Cassano.

“I considered it rather a lot, however I had offended my teammates and Diego. I solely answered them out of respect.”

How a lot do you miss Maradona?

“So much. On the twenty sixth of this month I am leaving for Argentina, I am going alone, I will go to his grave and… (cries) and I am sorry, I am sorry, it is going to be the age, however I have never moved in any respect, ha occurred to me since Leo, my nephew, was born.”

October 30 might be Diego’s birthday.

“Let’s discuss it within the current, it is true. I’ll go to his locations, the place he was born, the place he performed, I’ll deliver him a flower, I promised him. He was so frail and so massive. If there was a multitude, you at all times discovered it, however he had probably the most valuable present: he knew how one can make himself cherished. When he noticed me even amongst 100 individuals, he inspired them to return and hug me. For the Neapolitans it was the revolution, the braveness. Nobody can query Diego that he was a god, and rightly so now he’s up there.”