Take Two! Naples Gears up Again for Huge Title Party

Football - Serie A - Napoli v Salernitana - Naples, Italy - April 30, 2023 General view of a Napoli banner hung from an apartment building before the match. (Reuters)
Football - Serie A - Napoli v Salernitana - Naples, Italy - April 30, 2023 General view of a Napoli banner hung from an apartment building before the match. (Reuters)
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Take Two! Naples Gears up Again for Huge Title Party

Football - Serie A - Napoli v Salernitana - Naples, Italy - April 30, 2023 General view of a Napoli banner hung from an apartment building before the match. (Reuters)
Football - Serie A - Napoli v Salernitana - Naples, Italy - April 30, 2023 General view of a Napoli banner hung from an apartment building before the match. (Reuters)

Napoli will open up the Diego Armando Maradona stadium on Thursday night for a live screening of their away game with Udinese when they hope to clinch the league title, local authorities said on Tuesday.

Napoli also expect as many as 10,000 fans to make the long trek to northeast Italy for a match when a point will be enough to claim their first league title since Maradona was in his pomp in 1990.

Extra police will be on duty in Udine for the game, with Napoli supporters taking up around half of the capacity of the Stadio Friuli.

The result may even be academic: Napoli could be crowned champions the previous night if Lazio fail to win their Wednesday home match with Sassuolo. Lazio, who are in second spot, trail Napoli by 18 points with six games to play.

Hundreds of thousands of Napoli fans had flooded into the center of the southern Italian port city on Sunday expecting their team to beat local rivals Salernitana and secure the Serie A championship for only the third time in their history.

But a late equalizer by the visitors put one of the largest street parties Italy has seen in years on hold for a few days.



Saudi National Team Concludes Preparations for Match Against Oman in Arabian Gulf Cup Semifinals

Under the guidance of Head Coach Hervé Renard, the team held a training session at Kuwait’s Al-Nasr Club Stadium. SPA
Under the guidance of Head Coach Hervé Renard, the team held a training session at Kuwait’s Al-Nasr Club Stadium. SPA
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Saudi National Team Concludes Preparations for Match Against Oman in Arabian Gulf Cup Semifinals

Under the guidance of Head Coach Hervé Renard, the team held a training session at Kuwait’s Al-Nasr Club Stadium. SPA
Under the guidance of Head Coach Hervé Renard, the team held a training session at Kuwait’s Al-Nasr Club Stadium. SPA

The Saudi national football team has completed its preparations for the semifinal match against Oman, scheduled for Tuesday at Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Stadium in the 26th Arabian Gulf Cup.

Under the guidance of Head Coach Hervé Renard, the team held a training session at Kuwait’s Al-Nasr Club Stadium.

Midfielder Abdulelah Al-Malki did not participate in the session due to a treatment program for a muscle injury sustained during the team’s previous match against Iraq.