AcademyLFC Academy pay respects in Turin ahead of UEFA Youth League tie

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Liverpool FC Academy paid its respects to the victims of the Heysel disaster on Tuesday before the UEFA Youth League quarter-final against Juventus in Turin.

Academy manager Alex Inglethorpe handed over a wreath to Gianluca Pessotto, Juventus’ staff coordination manager, bearing the message ‘In Memoria e Amicizia’ – ‘In Memory and Friendship’.

Thirty-nine people – mostly Juventus supporters – tragically lost their lives at the 1985 European Cup final between the two clubs at Heysel Stadium in Brussels.

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