Soccer Football - Serie A - Atalanta vs Napoli - Stadio Atleti Azzurri, Bergamo, Italy - January 21, 2018 Napoli coach Maurizio Sarri REUTERS/Alberto Lingria
MILAN (Reuters) - Serie A have hit back at Napoli coach Maurizio Sarri after he complained about a "gigantic mistake" in the fixture list, saying that the league leaders had been scheduled to play after title rivals Juventus in upcoming matches. Napoli went first this weekend, beating Atalanta 1-0 away on Sunday to go four points clear of Juventus, who host Genoa on Monday. But Juve, aiming for a seventh successive title, will go first from next weekend until mid-March. "(The league) could compromise and make us play at the same time, or allow us to play some of our games before them," Sarri told reporters after Sunday's game.
"I'm sure this was done in good faith but you wonder about the capabilities of whoever decides these things," he said. "It's a gigantic mistake."
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