On the morning of 11 November 2007, Sandri and four other friends were driving on the
Autostrada A1, heading towards
Milan to watch the football match between
Inter Milan and
SS Lazio scheduled for 3:00 pm at the
Giuseppe Meazza stadium in
San Siro. The five, on board a
Renault Mégane, stopped at the Badia al Pino
service station near
Civitella in Val di Chiana (
Arezzo) to wait for the arrival of other friends, also coming from
Rome in a
Renault Clio. Around 9:00 am, the Lazio fans came into contact with some
Juventus supporters and a fight broke out between the two groups. The scuffles attracted the attention of a patrol of the Highway Police (
Polizia Stradale) who were on the opposite side of the road and who, having turned on the siren, moved to the other side of the road. While the group of Sandri's friends got back into the car and were about to leave, the officer Luigi Spaccarotella - according to his testimony, convinced that the four were fleeing following a
robbery - got out of the service car, took aim and from a distance of about fifty metres fired two gunshots. The second bullet passed through the
fence dividing the carriageways and hit the Mégane, which in the meantime had started moving, hitting Sandri in the neck, who was sleeping in the middle of the back seat. For the following weekend, the FIGC ordered the suspension of
serie B and
serie C. Several stadiums were the scene of
incidents, caused by fans protesting against the police. In
Bergamo, the match between
Atalanta and
Milan was suspended after a few minutes due to the excesses of the
Orobic supporters. Other violent reactions occurred in
Parma and
Taranto. while
Milan and
Rome were invaded by processions of fans who attacked the barracks and the police. The worst of the violence was reported in
Rome. Windows were smashed and vehicles were set on fire. As an immediate measure, the FIGC expressed the idea of banning away matches considered to be the most dangerous and of making recognition mandatory at the entrance to stadiums. The fan card (
Tessera del tifoso) was then promoted in 2008, although in the following years the problem of violence in stadiums and between fans was never completely resolved. dedicated the song
È già domenica to Sandri, released on the in 2010.
Funeral Sandri's funeral was held on 14 November 2007, in the
Church of San Pio X in
Balduina. Thousands of people attended the ceremony, including the entire Lazio team, the captain of the Associazione Sportiva Roma, Francesco Totti and the coach Luciano Spalletti. As the coffin was being carried out, some of those present chanted slogans against the police and scarves from other teams were left on the coffin. == The legal proceedings ==