Argentina's World Cup-winner Diego Maradona returned to Naples this week to regale audiences with memories of his heroics in helping Napoli win the 1987 Italian league title and took a pot-shot at fellow soccer great Pele.
The 56-year-old Maradona hosted his two-hour show "3 Volte Dieci" or "Three times ten" at the venerated Teatro di San Carlo opera house on Monday to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Napoli's first Serie A championship.
Maradona quit Spanish giants Barcelona to sign for Napoli in 1984 and became their captain and record scorer with 115 goals.
"With this shirt I dreamt a dream," he told the crowd while holding a Napoli shirt.
Maradona left Napoli in 1992 after failing a drugs test but is still revered by the club, where he also won the UEFA Cup in 1989 and another Serie A title in 1990.
The Argentine, who led his country to the 1986 World Cup title, said he had priced tickets for his show at US$321.09 so they were more expensive than those to see Brazil's 76-year-old three-time World Cup-winner Pele.
The pair have long sparred over the moniker of soccer's greatest ever player.