Due to safety concerns, Napoli’s prospective Serie A title-clinching home game against Salernitana has been moved to Sunday at 14:00 BST.
Napoli will be the champion if they win and Lazio, who is now in second place, loses against Inter Milan at the San Siro.
The game was originally scheduled for Saturday, 11:30 BST. But due to security concerns, the Naples officials asked for it to be moved forward because there was concerns about the city’s public order.
They were concerned about the large celebrations that would take place on Saturday if Napoli won their match, as they would coincide with a significant comic book convention that is taking place in the city and is anticipated to draw sizable numbers.
If the title been assured, there would have been a great celebration once more on Sunday.
Claudio Palomba, the prefect of Naples, stated on Thursday:
“The need arose to avoid events overlapping in order to help the police”
“Had we kept the match on Saturday, we would have needed to double our resources, and for that reason we have adopted a number of measures,” the official continued.
Napoli last won the Serie A Title in 1990, when Diego Maradona was still playing in Naples.