The Big Thing: How Napoli have become one of Europe’s best teams
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🗓️ 3 February 2023
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Having last won Serie A in 1990, with Diego Maradona at the helm, Napoli are in the driver's seat for glory this season. Not only are Luciano Spalletti's side dominating in Italy, they are performing at a level putting them at the top of the European game. Ryan Bailey, Graham Ruthven and Joe Lowery look at how Napoli's current success was forged, and what its future holds...
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| 0:28.5 | Thank you. Welcome to the big thing on total soccer show, the show where we sink our teeth into the big thing on total soccer show, the show where we sink our teeth into the big trending topics in the beautiful game. |
| 0:59.9 | Today, we're turning our attention to southern Italy, where Napoli are dominating Seria. |
| 1:05.8 | They're 13 points clear at the time of recording and have won 15 at their last 16 league games. Only |
| 1:12.5 | in Tremelan have taken points from them in that period. They last won the league title in 1990 when |
| 1:18.3 | Diego Maradona was leading the line and this season it's truly theirs to lose. So why is this |
| 1:25.2 | Napoli team flying so high? How did they reach this point? And what does |
| 1:29.2 | the road ahead look like for the Neapolitans? My name's Ryan Bailey. Joining me today, we have a man |
| 1:34.3 | who loves a bit of Coucho Joe Lowry. Hello. Or chow. Hello. Chow to you, Ryan. I don't |
| 1:42.0 | know how we pulled these strings together and sort of made it so that you would be on the show talking about Italy in some respect. |
| 1:49.3 | But really good work for all of us because this is only going to be entertainment for all of us. |
| 1:53.7 | Indeed. |
| 1:54.3 | I'm universally very positive about this country. |
| 1:57.7 | Right. Exactly. |
| 1:58.8 | And it's southern cities. |
| 2:00.8 | Also here we have our very own Rudvan Adonna. Graham |
| 2:05.0 | Ruthven, hello. Hello, Ryan Bailey. I'm not sure that has the same ring to it as Kavara Adona, |
| 2:09.8 | which kind of rolls off the tongue. I'm not sure rather than Adonah. But I'll take it. I'll take it |
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