Plusvalenze investigation Inquiries are being conducted by the
CO.VI.SOC. (Italian football's financial watchdogs) into the finances of four Serie A clubs (
Internazionale,
Milan,
Sampdoria, and
Reggina) who stand accused of falsely inflating player values — a practice known as
plusvalenze in Italian — in order to qualify financially for the
2005–06 Serie A. If the allegations prove true, penalties could range from fines to point deductions, relegation to Serie B, and even the stripping of Internazionale's 2005-06
scudetto, which was stripped from
Juventus as a result of the
Calciopoli scandal before being awarded to Internazionale.
Lazio fan killed by police On the morning of 11 November 2007 26-year-old
Lazio fan
Gabriele Sandri, a
DJ from Rome, was killed by a shot in his neck while sitting inside a car, by a policeman, after some other fans of Lazio violently assaulted a group of
Juventus ultras with stones on the
A1 Motorway service station of Badia al Pino in
Arezzo. Early reports suggested that a
stray bullet from a gun, set to distract the group of
ultras, hit the Lazio fan in the neck as he sat in a car and killed him. The Atalanta–Milan game was eventually suspended following unrest caused by local ultras attempting to break off the protection glass in order to invade the pitch and stop the match. Later in the afternoon, the Italian Football Federation chose to postpone also the game between AS Roma and Cagliari, whose kick off was scheduled for 8:30 pm at
Stadio Olimpico, Rome. However, this did not prevent violent riots, as hundreds of armed hooligans attacked a police barracks and the CONI (Italian Olympic National Committee) headquarters in Rome. Though Sandri's death was later held by some to have been caused by a tragic error by a policeman who claimed his gun went off as he was running. Prosecutors then opted initially to open an inquiry into manslaughter against the policeman, nevertheless the initial hearing held that Sandri's death was culpable homicide, and the policeman involved (Luigi Spaccarotella) was condemned to 6 years imprisonment. On appeal, the higher court not only confirmed this judgment, but increased the punishment to 9 years and 4 months as an element of intentionality was found.
Final week The championship was decided in the final week, as
Inter, who managed to secure even an 11-point advantage to rivals
Roma in mid-season, lost almost all of it in the final weeks, maintaining only a one-point advantage with only one match to play. In the final week, both Inter and Roma were scheduled to play away matches opposed to relegation-battling sides, respectively
Parma and
Catania. Both matches were successively forbidden to be attended by Inter and Roma fans. In the end, Inter secured the
scudetto with a 2–0 win, with both goals being scored in the second half by
Zlatan Ibrahimović, who recovered from a long-term injury in time to play the game, whereas Roma only managed to achieve a 1–1 draw at
Stadio Angelo Massimino against
Walter Zenga's Catania, a result which allowed the Sicilian side to escape relegation at the expense of
Empoli and Parma. ==Teams==