Watch: Napoli fans organise bizarre 'funeral' in preparation of winning Serie A title
Ahead of Napoli's potential first Serie A title win in 33 years, the club's fans have organized an unconventional celebration - a 'funeral' for the other 19 Italian top-flight teams.
As they prepare to host Salernitana on Sunday afternoon, the Nepalese team appears poised to secure their third-ever Scudetto and first in more than thirty years. If they manage to secure a victory and Lazio dropping points against Inter, their title win will be confirmed.
In anticipation of the upcoming celebrations, the team's fans have already hit the streets, with some erecting a fake cemetery as part of a symbolic 'funeral' for their Serie A opponents.
Online videos of the mentioned cemetery in Naples' Case Nuove neighborhood have surfaced, featuring a banner in the background that reads: "For all of Italy, an atrocious pain. After so many years, we crucify you."
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Torcedores do Napoli fizeram um "funeral" dos outros times da #SerieA 😅🇮🇹⚰️ O título italiano tá chegando pros caras depois de 33 anos! 🏆
— TNT Sports BR (@TNTSportsBR) April 27, 2023
Crédito: TikTok/lino...orso....official pic.twitter.com/Kst5MbQTSV
😳🇮🇹 Napoli fans have constructed an 'opposition team cemetery' in anticipation for scudetto celebrations this season. pic.twitter.com/xJgDbXZ1q2
— EuroFoot (@eurofootcom) April 29, 2023
With a coffin covered with the scarves and posts with the badges of their Serie A rivals, the cemetery is certainly a unique way in which to celebrate a league title, with it being the first Scudetto success in the lifetimes of generations of Napoli supporters.
Luciano Spalletti's side have seven more league matches remaining and boast a 17-point lead over Lazio at the summit of the table.
However, Napoli did suffer elimination from the Champions League last week after losing 2-1 on aggregate to fellow Italian outfit and reigning champions AC Milan at the quarter-final stage.
Fans are clearly not too aggrieved though given the extent to which some have gone in anticipation of clinching the league title with colossal celebrations expected on the south-western coast of Italy this weekend.