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The Italian Football Federation has suspended next weekend's Serie B and C matches after the latest fan violence.
On Sunday, games were halted across the country and police attacked after a Lazio fan was shot by a policeman.
Italy's Euro 2008 qualifier away to Scotland on Saturday means there are no top-flight Serie A games next weekend.
Sports minister Giovanna Melandri had earlier asked for "a strong gesture, in particular suspending the championships for a few weeks".
Melandri added: "Today I think a significant gesture needs to be made to express the condolences from the sporting world and the football world and the shared mourning and at the same time a condemnation without hesitation of violence."
Sunday's incident occurred when Lazio fans travelling to see their team play at Inter Milan encountered Juventus fans at a motorway service station in Tuscany.
Lazio's game with Inter and Roma's match with Cagliari were both postponed in the aftermath of the fatal shooting, and Atalanta's game with Milan was abandoned after just seven minutes.
Italy's anti-hooligan body has proposed the banning of large groups of potentially violent away supporters from all grounds.
It has also suggested that away fan attendance should be decided on a game-by-game basis, and wants 'supporter passports' introduced as soon as possible.
Football has a central place in the life of Italy, so whatever problems exist at a social level find their way to the stadium
Uefa spokesman William Gaillard told BBC Sport that although there was clearly a serious problem, it was unfair to lay the blame entirely at the door of football.
"It reflects social difficulties in Italian cities which have little to do with football, and also the presence of extremists and organised groups do not reflect what the average fan feels about football," he said.
"That bullet could have hit anyone in the parking lot, so it's tragic. Football has a central place in the life of Italy, so whatever problems exist at a social level find their way to the stadium."
Absolutely inexcusable. What's it going to take to stop these idiots rioting whenever they get together? :thdn:
Originally posted by Victor_Renner:
The first incident involved fans of two Serie A teams, the games abandoned due to fans/riots/the first incident were all Serie A teams.
So imposing the suspension on a weekend where there are no Serie A matches seems a bit silly or am I missing something?
No, it does seem a bit silly. But the Gaiilard quote is one of the most sensible things I have ever heard muttered by a UEFA representative. It is not Serie A clubs who are to blame, or football. It is more a case of the ills of society. These ultras exist in clubs in Serie B and C too, hence their reasoning, I guess.
With those suggestions, it all smacks of the ill-fated ideas of the Thatcher regime in the mid-80's.
Originally posted by Victor_Renner:
The first incident involved fans of two Serie A teams, the games abandoned due to fans/riots/the first incident were all Serie A teams.
So imposing the suspension on a weekend where there are no Serie A matches seems a bit silly or am I missing something?
There was a Serie C game that had to be called off too due to crowd trouble. Sounds like a lot of hatred towards the police from a lot of football 'fans', so probably not the worst idea to call it off for at least a weekend
The police need to be even more heavy handed! :thup:
I was watching a documentry on how German police sorted out trouble in Germany...instead of making arrests...they split people up and warned them...then sent the said individuals/groups in different directions.
It worked for the World Cup...but that sort of philosophy won't fly in Italy...
Originally posted by gaga_4_parma:
The police need to be even more heavy handed! :thup:
I was watching a documentry on how German police sorted out trouble in Germany...instead of making arrests...they split people up and warned them...then sent the said individuals/groups in different directions.
It worked for the World Cup...but that sort of philosophy won't fly in Italy...
What UEFA needs to do is ban the italian clubs for 10 years from all the european competitions. Then perhaps your administrators and the police will come up with proper solutions.
Italian football suspended... again 
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