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Napoli wins 1st title since Maradona played for the club

Napoli players below a mural of Napoli legend Diego Mradona.[Courtesy-Twitter]

Below a giant mural of Diego Maradona, Napoli fans celebrated the Italian league soccer title as if they were at the game - singing, jumping and lighting flares.

On the other side of Naples, at the stadium now named for Maradona, tributes to the club's most emblematic player were everywhere: his image on banners, flags and scarves, his No. 10 on the back of shirts.

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