“In defiance of superstition, we are trying to organize something, perhaps with a small parade sotto at Torre Eiffel".As Sabatino Abbagnale, Chairman of the - Napoli Paris, he tells LaPresse the wait that is also being experienced in the French capital for the now almost certain victory of the Scudetto on the part of the Azzurri.
“As a Neapolitan and as a sportsman there is great pride, and abroad there is great attention on Napoli's achievement.
I was 8 years old in '90 when the Napoli he won the last Scudetto, today I'm 41 and I live it differently"he adds.
The president of the Napoli Paris Club and the scudetto celebration
Born in Angri, Abbagnale lives in Paris for 17 years where he has worked as a commercial director for a French multinational. In 2018 he founded the club, from the ashes of a historic group the 'Paris Saint Gennaro'.
Over the years the club has become a meeting point for many Neapolitans who live in Paris, even for years, and which often lead to children born in France to watch the matches to instill a passion for the blue colours.
“Champions? You never know what can happen…”
“The atmosphere at the club this year has been a crescendo, the following has increased game after game.
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We are now at around eighty members, but we reached almost a hundred people during the Champions League matches", he tells. A passion that “we live in a positive way, this year already after Christmas you could understand that something was different.
We are enjoying it and slowly we are waiting”.
Coming back to how one experiences passion for the Napoli beyond the border, Let them down stresses that “Abroad, the game of this Napoli is particularly appreciated and this makes us even more proud”.
“Now let's see how it will end with Milan in the Champions League. You never know what can happen, but football is unpredictable”, he concludes.
After all, dreaming costs nothing…
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