Serie A chaos: Will Sarri go through with threat for Roma vs. Lazio?

Following four days of arguing, emergency appeals and summits, this evening they all finally agreed to kick off on Sunday at 11.00 UK (12.00 CEST).

It remains to be seen now whether Sarri will be there, because he had commented last night after the Coppa Italia Final loss to Inter that he would boycott the event.

Sarri was adamant he’d stay away

ROME, ITALY – MARCH 15: Maurizio Sarri, Head Coach of Lazio, reacts during the Serie A match between SS Lazio and AC Milan at Stadio Olimpico on March 15, 2026 in Rome, Italy. (Photo by Paolo Bruno/Getty Images)

“My feeling is that I’ll come on Monday, but if they want to play the derby at midday on a Sunday, I’m not coming. They can do it themselves,” Sarri told Sport Mediaset on Wednesday night.

“This is a series of errors made by the Lega Serie A, they organised the Turin Derby around the ATP tennis finals in Turin, then the Rome Derby when the Italian Open is on in Rome.

“These were their mistakes and I agree with the local authorities, so I hope we play on Monday. If I was President of Lazio, I wouldn’t even show up with the squad on Sunday. It makes no difference to us either way, we’ll lose points penalties, I wouldn’t go.

“They make a series of incredible errors, nobody holds their hands up and says sorry we made a mistake. I doubt I’d keep a job if I made three or four mistakes per day. They can’t pretend this is normal, there are five teams playing games that are worth €90m for their futures, you can’t make them play at midday. This is not football,” concluded Sarri.

While Roma released a statement confirming they were pushing to ensure the game would be played on Sunday, Lazio have been generally silent about the entire situation.