Italians stopped for a minute's silence Monday as the funeral of a policeman killed by fans was broadcast live across the country.
The flag-draped coffin of Filippo Raciti, 38, passed thousands of mourners lining the streets of Catania, the Sicilian city where he died during riots at a derby with Palermo Friday.
It was greeted in a packed city cathedral by a long burst of applause and a salute from Raciti's eight-year-old son, who was wearing a policeman's uniform.
"May this death bring change," said his wife, Marisa Grasso.
Raciti's wife and daughter stood close to Interior Minister Antonio Amato, Sports Minister Giovanna Melandri and National Police Chief Gianni De Gennaro, who wept openly.
Members of the centre-right opposition also attended including former foreign minister Gianfranco Fini.
In a message to De Gennaro, Italian President Giorgio Napolitano called for "severe" measures to "restore normality" to stadiums.
Raciti - the first policeman to die in decades of stadium violence - died from internal injuries as fans fought police with metal bars and powerful firecrackers.
Soon after the news of his death, authorities suspended soccer in Italy indefinitely.
A meeting later on Monday will decide how long the stadiums will stay closed and what other measures to take in a crackdown which has divided public opinion and authorities.
Clubs are pushing for the ban to be no longer than an expected two weeks but soccer authorities say it will take longer to make stadiums safe.
On Monday the head of the Soccer League (Lega Calcio), Antonio Matarrese, caused controversy by saying "deaths in the soccer system are unfortunately part of this huge (hooligan) movement that the police have not yet been able to control".
This brought a strong response from the body that controls all Italian sport, the Italian Olympic Committee (CONI).
CONI said Matarrese could face disciplinary action.
The Lega clubs and Italy's TV stations are pressing for Italy's estimated six-billion-euro-a year soccer industry to resume as quickly as possible.
Monday's summit meeting, starting at 16:30, will also be attended by CONI President Gianni Petrucci and the Italian Soccer Federation's special commissioner, Luca Pancalli, appointed after last season's match-fixing scandal.
The government has made several crackdowns over the past decade - in which several fans have been killed by knife wounds or firecrackers - in an attempt to solve hooliganism.
Many of the reforms have been inspired by England's success in stamping out soccer violence in the 1990s.
But only half of Serie A's stadiums currently comply with security measures approved in the latest crackdown.
