Why the Italian Open tennis is causing chaos in Italy's top football league

The penultimate round of the Serie A campaign promises an intriguing fight for places in next season's Champions League, but a fixture scheduling stand-off between the league and local authorities left clubs and supporters in limbo until an agreement was finally reached.Serie A rules require teams competing for the same objective to play simultaneously on the final two match days, and on Monday, the organisers scheduled the five decisive fixtures for Sunday at 12.30pm (CET).The Rome derby is among them, and with the Italian Tennis Open men's final taking place on Sunday at the Foro Italico, next door to the Stadio Olimpico, the early kick-off was chosen to avoid security complications.Rome's Prefect, however, disagreed and on Tuesday ordered the AS Roma-Lazio game moved to Monday night Milan also suffered a 3-2 home defeat against Atalanta last time out and faces an away trip to Genoa.Juventus, on a 10-game unbeaten run, will be expected to take all three points when they host Fiorentina, while Roma hosts a Lazio side still smarting from a Coppa Italia final loss to Inter.The fireworks after Wednesday's final at the Stadio Olimpico created havoc with the tennis, where play was halted after the smoke reduced visibility and knocked out the electronic line-calling system.Football and tennis are set for another collision, and with half the league's clubs involved in the chaos, team preparations were left up in the air as well."If it's on Monday, I'll come, on Sunday at 12:30 I won't," Lazio manager Maurizio Sarri said after the final defeat."The Prefect has been clear, so let's hope that's the date