Juventus and Liverpool commemorate 40 years since Heysel tragedy | OneFootball

Both Juventus and Liverpool marked the 40th anniversary of the Heysel tragedy with commemorative posts on social media.

Thirty-nine supporters—mostly Juventus fans—lost their lives when a wall at Heysel Stadium collapsed on 29 May 1985 during the European Cup final between Juventus and Liverpool in Brussels.

Although the final continued, with the Old Lady securing the trophy, the celebration was inevitably overshadowed by a tragedy that still weighs heavily on everyone’s memory.

Juventus and Liverpool remember Heysel tragedy’s 40th anniversary

Both clubs honour the victims every year, and the 40th anniversary was no exception.

Juventus issued an official statement recalling the disaster, stressing that remembrance “is the only way to prevent reliving moments of terror and despair like those.”

“What remains is the complete loss of meaning of an unthinkable evening, the pain for those who never returned home, and a wound that, even after 40 years, remains unhealed,” the statement read.

Meanwhile, Liverpool shared a video of their chief legal and external affairs officer, Jonathan Bamber, and former player John Aldridge laying a floral wreath at the Heysel memorial at Anfield, where a plaque bears the words ‘In Memory and Friendship’.