In memory: The 39 victims of Heysel

The 1985 European Cup Final between Liverpool and Juventus ended in victory for Juventus. But it isn’t remembered for the winners of the famous trophy.

It was held in the Heysel Stadium in Brussels in Belgium. 39 people died, mainly Italian Juventus supporters.

39 needless, avoidable deaths.

Twenty-four years.

Thirty-nine deaths.

RIP.

Rocco Acerra, Bruno Balli, Giancarlo Bruschera,
Andrea Casula, Giovanni Casula, Nino Cerullo,
Giuseppina Conti, Dionisio Fabbro, Eugenio Gagliano,
Francesco Galli, Giancarlo Gonnelli, Alberto Guarini,
Giovacchino Landini, Roberto Lorentini, Barbara Lusci,
Franco Martelli, Loris Massore, Gianni Mastroiaco,
Sergio Mazzino, Luciano Papaluca, Luigi Pidone,
Benito Pistolato, Domenico Ragazzi, Antonio Ragnanese,
Mario Ronchi, Domenico Russo, Tarcisio Salvi,
Gianfranco Sarto, Amedeo Spolaore, Mario Spanu,
Tarcisio Venturin, Claudio Zavaroni, Alfons Bos,
Willy Chielens, Dirk Daeninckx, Jeacques Francois,
Patrick Radcliffe, Claude Robert, Jean Michel Walla.

YNWA.