Soccer Returns In Italy, But Not The Fans

Soccer has resumed in Italy for the first time since a police officer was killed in street clashes a week ago. But the government's extreme security measures have meant some top teams are playing to empty stadiums. CBS News' Charles D'Agata got into one of the first closed-door duels in Naples.

A threat made full stadiums empty. Italian soccer fans locked out.

In nearly two dozen stadiums nationwide — Italian soccer squads are squaring off behind closed doors because stadiums fell short of strict security measures thrown down by the government in response to rioting last weekend that left a policeman dead.

Most of the stadiums did not make the cut leaving security teams to scramble around the clock to get up to scratch.

Normally most stadiums in Naples would be heaving with tens of thousands of screaming soccer fans, but at the majority of matches this weekend it's the silence in the stands that's deafening.

Among the new safeguards: stepping up screening to stop suspected troublemakers from getting in, and no more big chunks of tickets going to visiting fans.

In Naples, reaching those standards could take months.

"Naples seems dead because of this," says Alfonso Matteo, a Naples resident. "We have a lot of fans who are used to going to the stadium."

At a Naples match — like all games this weekend — a moment of silence was held for the officer slain in last week's violence.

And unless safety can be assured in the future — that silence in some stadiums may stretch through the rest of the season.