Napoli head coach Antonio Conte shouts on the sideline during a Serie A soccer match against Genoa at the Diego Armando Maradona Stadium in Naples, southern Italy, Sunday, May 11, 2025. (Alessandro Garofalo/LaPresse via AP)
Inter Milan’s head coach Simone Inzaghi celebrates after the Champions League semifinal second leg soccer match between Inter Milan and Barcelona at San Siro stadium in Milan , Italy, Tuesday, May 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
Napoli’s Romelu Lukaku, foreground and Parma’s Alessandro Circati vie for the ball during a Serie A soccer match between Parma and Napoli at Parma’s Ennio Tardini Stadium, Italy, Sunday, May 18, 2025. (Gianni Santandrea/LaPresse via AP)
Inter Milan’s Denzel Dumfries celebrates after scoring 2-1, during the Italian Serie A soccer match between Inter and Lazio at San Siro Stadium in Milan, Italy, Sunday, May 18, 2025. (Spada/LaPresse via AP)
Napoli head coach Antonio Conte shouts on the sideline during a Serie A soccer match against Genoa at the Diego Armando Maradona Stadium in Naples, southern Italy, Sunday, May 11, 2025. (Alessandro Garofalo/LaPresse via AP)
MILAN (AP) — The two potential title-deciding matches of the Serie A season have been moved to Friday night.
The Italian league’s governing body announced on Monday that Napoli’s home game against Cagliari and Inter’s match at Como will kick off simultaneously at 8:45 p.m. local time (1845 GMT).
Antonio Conte’s Napoli has a one-point lead over defending champion Inter Milan heading .
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If both teams finish level at the top of the league, there will have to be a playoff to decide the destination of the title.
Given that very real possibility and that Inter is also in the Champions League final — against Paris Saint-Germain — on May 31, a scheduling issue arose.
The league council met on Monday morning and Italian media reports that the meeting was immediately suspended because of disagreements: with Inter wanting to play the final matches on Thursday and Napoli on Friday, in order to celebrate more fully with its fans.
Discussions eventually got back underway and it was decided to play the Napoli and Inter matches on Friday.
The six matches that involve teams battling against relegation or fighting for fourth spot and the final Champions League place will be played Sunday. AC Milan vs. Monza and Bologna vs. Genoa will take place on Saturday.
Conte and Inter coach Simone Inzaghi will not be in their respective dugouts, however. Both were sent off at the end of their team’s penultimate matches: a 0-0 draw at Parma for Napoli, and Inter’s dramatic 2-2 draw against Lazio.
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