Serie A has announced that Napoli’s home match against Salernitana, which could result in their first title since Diego Maradona’s era, has been rescheduled to Sunday due to safety concerns.
If Napoli win against Salernitana and Lazio lose against Inter Milan at San Siro, Napoli will be able to win their third title and first since 1990 this weekend.
Originally, Napoli was supposed to play against Salernitana on Saturday and Lazio was scheduled to visit Inter on the following day. This could result in Napoli supporters rejoicing outside the stadium in Milan.
The match between Napoli and Salernitana has been rescheduled to start at 1300 GMT on Sunday, which is less than an hour after the score of the San Siro match (which kicks off at 1030 GMT) is announced.
There were concerns about security as Naples, a popular tourist destination, was anticipating wild parties on Saturday when Napoli was scheduled to play against Salernitana.
The Naples Prefect, Claudio Palomba, announced on Thursday that the match would be postponed for a day in order to prevent any potential conflicts and to support law enforcement efforts.
There will be a large comic book convention in Naples on Saturday, which is expected to attract a lot of people to the city.
Palomba stated that if the match had been kept on Saturday, they would have had to increase their resources, so they implemented several measures to avoid this.
The game that Napoli was supposed to play against Udinese on Tuesday has been rescheduled to Thursday.
Napoli currently has 78 points after playing 31 games, while Lazio is in second place with 61 points and there are still seven games left to play.