Napoli fans go wild in celebrating team’s league championship

Napoli fans chanted “It’s us, it’s us, we are the champions of Italy”as the southern team celebrated winning the league title at the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona.

The players joyfully joined in with fans after beating Fiorentina 1-0 on Sunday in Napoli’s first home match since ending its 33year wait for the scudetto with a 1-1 draw at Udinese on Thursday.

“When you see such a strong outpouring of joy it makes you happy to know you have contributed a little bit so there could be this atmosphere here,” Napoli coach Luciano Spalletti said.

“We haven’t slept at all the past couple of days.”

The team walked around each corner of the stadium, dancing and singing, decked in Napoli scarves and waving flags. They also took turns giving Hirving Lozano piggyback rides as the Napoli winger had injured himself during the match.

That started a night of further celebrations in the stadium — directed by Italian film director Paolo Sorrentino — accompanied by Neapolitan musicians.

About 55,000 fans were packed into the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona, with thousands more outside.

The Fiorentina players gave the Napoli team a guard of honor when it walked out.

The pre-match choreography at one end of the stadium depicted a giant flag of Italy and the number three to signify Napoli’s third Italian championship — and the first since Diego Maradona led the team to two titles in 1987 and 1990.

Fans were singing and chanting in and around the stadium hours before kickoff.