Five hundred children and a ball. An arena with a mini football pitch set up at Diaz roundaboutmatches and games from 5 to 7 July in honor of Diego Armando Maradonawho introduced himself to the Neapolitans exactly forty years ago. It was July 5, 1984, sixty thousand at the San Paolo to witness his first dribbling and his greeting. «Good evening Neapolitans“. Those who were there have not forgotten.
Ecco Diego in the streetthe event organized by Stephen Ceci – always alongside Pibe for the last twenty years – in via Caracciolo. Inauguration on Friday 5th July at 6:30 p.m., the evening will close four hours later with fireworks at sea in memory of Maradona, who died on 25th November four years ago. And for two days matches and matches for those kids aged 11 to 8, who have reached this final stage of the event after the selections played for two months on the fields of the Kennedy Centre. On Friday 5th July, the inauguration of the event was attended by Corrado Ferlaino e Aurelio De Laurentiisthe presidents of Napoli yesterday and today; the mayor Gaetano Manfredi and the municipal councilor for Sport Emanuela Ferrante. And then the former companions Savior Baths e Antonio Carannantethe journalists Charles Alvino, Daniel Arcucci (Maradona’s official biographer), Francesco Marolda e Salvatore Biazzo e Paola Morrathe widow of Hugo Maradonawho disappeared a year after his brother’s death.
Ceci’s project, Enzo Ciardi e Genny DiScala in honor of Maradona goes beyond D10S in the street. Ceci explains: «The intention is to start the D10S football school in the fall with 1500 children enrolled. It was Diego’s dream to make the children of Naples happy, he said it on the occasion of his presentation at the San Paolo on July 5, 40 years ago, and we hope that this can be a contribution to the development of youth football because there is a need to give new impetus to youth teams, especially in an area rich in talent like Naples. There are managers and coaches who spend a lot of time for football schools but have great difficulty moving forward and our project can help the kids in this sense».
The activities of the D10S soccer school would be on the fields of the Kennedy Center. “D10S in the street represents the beginning of a journey – adds Ceci – because this will be the first edition of a tournament destined to last over time. We thought of also remembering Hugo Maradona, Diego’s brother who at the end of his career decided to stay in Naples, marrying Paola and dedicating himself to the activity of instructor of young soccer players”.
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