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Napoli.How.We.Conquered.1989..twb22.mp4
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There was once a time, not very long ago, that Europe had three major club competitions. The Cup Winners’ Cup was eventually scrapped in 1999 following a 40-year run. The European Champions’ Cup was no longer just limited to national winners and expanded into the modern-day Champions League. The UEFA Cup, in turn, was rebranded into the Europa League.
The latter has had lots of memorable winners. Counting the Europa League, Sevilla has won it five times, more than any other club, with their last title coming in 2016. Liverpool, Juventus and Internazionale are each three-time winners. However, among the 28 teams to have ever lifted the trophy, one stands out above the rest.
Napoli, guided by Diego Maradona, won the 64-team UEFA Cup in May 1989 – minus the English clubs because of a ban after the 1985 Heysel disaster – following a series of 12 matches on the way to the trophy at a time when Italian clubs were the strongest in the world. The trophy Napoli lifted 30 years ago remains the first, and to date only, major European title the southern club have ever won. It is also the first and only continental trophy won by Maradona. While the 1988/89 season was a special time for i Partenopei, the team also finished as runners-up to Inter in Serie A and lost to Sampdoria in the Coppa Italia final. Nevertheless, it proved to be a historic season. Napoli had already defeated Italy’s traditional powers Juventus, AC Milan and Inter for the title in 1987. They were now destined to sweep aside top European foes.
For Napoli, the season contested 30 years ago could very well be the best year they have ever enjoyed since becoming an official club in 1926. Aside from Maradona, the team featured the Brazilian duo of Careca and Alemão, Italy internationals Ciro Ferrara, Fernando De Napoli and Andrea Carnevale and the underrated French-born and naturalized Italian sweeper, Alessandro Renica. The team was managed by Ottavio Bianchi, who had helped them capture the league and cup double. Dragging an unsuccessful provincial club to the top, Maradona hadn't just conquered Italy - he'd conquered Europe (or at least its second tier). Of all the teams to lift the UEFA Cup, one stands out above all the rest. In 1989, in arguably their greatest season, Napoli - guided by a true football icon in Diego Maradona - won their only European trophy to date against a backdrop of flamboyance, uncertainty and controversy.
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