All games in Italy have been postponed following a policeman's
death at Palermo's Sicilian derby with Catania.
Italy's game with Romania next week has also been postponed by the
Italian Football Federation.
The police officer was killed in clashes between both sets of fans
outside Stadio Massimino before and after the match.
The dead officer is believed to have been hit in the face by an
explosive thrown by some fans.
Italian Federation commissioner Luca Pancalli and sport minister
Giovanna Melandri made the decision to call off action over the
weekend as a result of the tragedy.
"I have demanded a stop to all activity of football in Italy,"
Pancalli said in a statement. "Enough is enough.
"It's a situation that I cannot speak of. To lose your life at 38
is incredible. This is not a sport.
"The football tournaments will remain suspended until we solve the
violence in our football.
"It's unacceptable that such incidents happen in a country like
Italy."
The game itself was marred by crowd trouble with the second half
held up for 30 minutes after tear gas was thrown onto the
pitch.
Palermo won the game 2-1 with two controversial goals and Catania
president Antonio Pulvirenti wants the game replayed and has blamed
Palermo fans for the trouble.
"Clearly the incidents were provoked by the Palermo fans when they
entered the stadium," said Pulvirenti.
"Before then, nothing had happened, but they started causing
trouble and as the images show threw tear gas onto the pitch.
"They were well-organised and came here in order to cause trouble.
We feel penalised and will appeal against the result so that the
match will be considered void.
"We've been punished for less in the past and demand the same
treatment.
"I was on the field and, if you look carefully, the section where
the tear gas came from only had Palermo fans in there.
"The officials saw what happened and will take action."
