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Napoli celebrate their coronation as top-four battle builds behind them | Nicky Bandini

08-May-2023 12:41:54 | The Guardian

While the champions partied in Naples, the six teams fighting to join them in the Champions League met over the weekend

In Naples, they showed the world how much fun a coronation could be, with films and fireworks and a little bit of Freddie Mercury. After sealing their Serie A title in Udine on Thursday, the Partenopei came home to a party so vast that the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona could never hope to contain it.

Their game against Fiorentina was sold out, and tens of thousands more fans gathered outside the gates, knowing that, even without a ticket, there was no place they’d rather be. Inside, a sea of blue gave way during a post-game light show to the red, white, and green of the tricolore badge that Napoli will wear as champions next season.