Has not been a very much interesting day for me. Woke up early in the morning with some pain in my mouth, had to get up to take some more painkillers. Worked fine for me, so I could sleep until 11 am. When I got up I recognized that there has not been any swelling at my right cheek. Later I ate some lunch, but very carefully not to touch the right side of my jaw with any food.
In the afternoon I went to the postal office to give up two registered mails, afterwards I played Total Club Manager until 6 pm. At 6.30 pm Ried started with a very important game against second ranked team FC Kärnten. It ended with a quite satisfying 1-1, which let the table nearly unchanged. After that I watched Champions League quarterfinal between Liverpool and Juventus, 20 years after the Heysel-tragedy. Liverpool won the game by 2-1, leaving back Juventus with a satisfying starting position for the rematch. You don't know what had happened back then ?
On May 29, 1985, Liverpool played Juventus in the European Cup final. In a widely criticized move, the Belgian authorities had allocated a section of the ground to neutral fans. This was an idea opposed by Liverpool and Juventus, as it would easily provide an arena for fans of both clubs to obtain tickets from Belgian ticket touts outside the ground and evade the segregation measures.
A flimsy wire fence had been erected to segregate the Liverpool fans from the neutral area. A contingent of Liverpool fans began to stampede towards the Juventus fans - some Liverpool fans reported that this was a response to the act of throwing rocks and other missiles by Juventus fans - leading to the collapse of a retaining wall. In the panic that ensued many people were trampled or crushed resulting in the death of 39 people (1 Belgian and 38 Italian).
It was felt that to abandon the game would incite further trouble, and the match eventually kicked off. Juventus won 1-0 with a penalty from Michel Platini.
As a direct result of this event, The Football League banned Liverpool from participating in European competitions indefinitely, and all other English clubs for five years - a move which UEFA ratified (many believe that The Football League acted first to avoid a heavier punishment from UEFA). The length of Liverpool's ban was eventually set at ten years, though this was later reduced to seven.
The Heysel stadium itself has since been completely rebuilt, and is now called the King Baudouin Stadium.
My sources for the text and the picture aboce are Wikipedia & BBC ... gotta go to bed now, have to get up early .. unfortunately it's time to get back to business.
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