Roma v Cagliari has officially been called off as tension is sky-high after police accidentally shot dead a Lazio fan.
There were rumours this game would be abandoned after Inter-Lazio was postponed and Atalanta-Milan was abandoned just eight minutes in due to crowd trouble.
The supporters at the Stadio Azzurri d’Italia demanded that the match be halted in mourning for 26-year-old Lazio fan Gabriele Sandri – a famous DJ in the Rome area.
He was struck by a stray bullet from a police officer’s gun during scuffles with Juventus supporters in a motorway service station near Arezzo.
As Lazio Ultras had contacted their Roma counterparts to discuss a joint protest march to halt the game this evening, the authorities opted to cancel kick-off to avoid risks of retaliation attacks on the police.
Meanwhile, there is currently a march of a different kind in the capital in Piazza Euclide, where around 200 Lazio supporters are carrying candles to mark the tragic death of Sandri.
