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The match between Belgium and Italy in Brussels evoked bad memories due to the Hazel tragedy in 1985, with Luciano Spalletti and Gianluigi Buffon paying tribute to the victims by laying flowers.
On Thursday night (14/11, 21:45, Novasports 2HD, LIVE from SPORT24’s Matchcenter) Belgium will face Italy at “King Baudouin” for the 2nd group of League A of the Nations League, in a match that does not it has only ranking interest but also which gathers many eyes on it because of… history.
Black history to be precise, since the venue of the match evokes bad memories of the terrible incidents that took place before the start of the 1985 Champions Cup final between Juventus and Liverpool, and which had spread death to 39 people, mostly Italians.
The Italian delegation did not forget them and showed it in a special way, with a delegation of the Azzuri going to the place where there is a plaque with the names of the victims and symbolically depositing three bouquets of flowers (red, white and green).
“The presence of the ajuri in front of the scene of the tragedy represents a sign of great respect. The pain caused by this massacre cannot and must not be forgotten.
For the victims, for their families and for all of European football, so that tragedies like this never happen again.”emphasized the president of the Italian federation, Gabriele Gravina, who laid flowers together with coach Luciano Spalletti and the head of the delegation, Gianluigi Buffon.
“This story should be remembered by everyone, out of respect for the people who died, so it doesn’t happen again.
There are some sad moments like these that shouldn’t happen again and everyone needs to understand that the stadium is a place to have fun, to love a sport that is dear to so many people.”Spalletti emphasized for his part during the press conference for the match.
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