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2. Tragedi Heysel
http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/lfc_story/heysel/
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Heysel May 29th, 1985 : A Day Never To Be Forgotten

At 3.06pm on April 15th each year, thousands of Liverpool fans all over the world take a moment or two out from their everyday lives to stop and remember the 96 supporters who died at the Hillsborough stadium disaster in 1989.

It's the saddest day of the year for many Liverpool supporters. However, it's not the only day when many fans stop for a moment to think of a large group of football supporters who went to a match only never to return.
If April 15th is the saddest day in the club's history, May 29th is surely the lowest. On May 29 1985, 39 football fans died when a wall collapsed at the Heysel stadium in Belgium. What should have been one of the greatest nights in the club's history turned into a nightmare.

Instead of leaving Brussels having seen our team lift a fifth European Cup, Liverpool supporters travelled back to England having witnessed the deaths of 38 Italians and one Belgian.

Liverpool had objected to the choice of ground to stage the final well before the friendly banter outside the stadium began to turn nasty inside. Aside from the fact that the stadium appeared to be crumbling, Liverpool's main concern was that there was to be a neutral section of the ground set aside for football fans from Belgium. The club argued that only Liverpool and Juventus should be allocated tickets. Setting aside a neutral area would only lead to both sets of fans being able to buy tickets off Belgium touts thus creating a dangerous mixed area. As history has since proved, this neutral area was soon filled with Italian supporters.

As tempers became frayed inside the ground about an hour before kick off, both sets of fans baited each other through a segregating fence made from chicken wire. After a sustained period of missiles being thrown by both sets of supporters, some Liverpool fans charged at their Italian counterparts and, as chaos took over, Juventus fans fled only for a wall blocking their escape to collapse on top of them. Thirty-nine football supporters died where they fell.

Later that night, Juventus won the European Cup 1-nil. It's a match nobody wants to remember.

Kenny Dalglish, Liverpool's greatest ever player, will never forget what happened in Belgium though.

"The fact that fatalities might result wouldn't have occurred to the Liverpool fans when they ran across."

Dalglish admits that it wasn't until the following morning that the Liverpool players finally realised exactly what had happened inside the stadium.

"We saw the Italian fans crying, and they were banging on the side of our bus when we left the hotel," he recalls. "When we left Brussels, the Italians were angry, understandably so; 39 of their friends had died. I remember well one Italian man, who had his face right up against the window where I was sitting. He was crying and screaming. You feel for anybody who loses someone in those circumstances. You go along to watch a game. You don't go along expecting that sort of ending, do you? Football's not that important. No game of football is worth that. Everything else pales into insignificance."

Almost 20 years after that terrible day, Liverpool and Juventus were drawn together again for the first time in the quarterfinals of the Champions League. It was if fate had brought the two teams together to join forces and honour those who had lost their lives at Heysel.

"There is a friendship between the two clubs and supporters," Liverpool Chief Executive Rick Parry revealed after the draw had been announced. "As soon as the draw paired us together for the first time in 20 years, memories of the Heysel Stadium disaster were naturally in people's minds, both in Turin and here on Merseyside. The two clubs built bridges and forged powerful links after Heysel. The bond between us remains strong, but we still want all Juventus fans to know that we are very sorry about the fact that 39 people lost their lives. We moved forward in a spirit of friendship after Heysel and the clubs continue to work together in a spirit of mutual respect."

May 29 is a day of remembrance for both Juventus and Liverpool supporters. Think for a minute about those who lost their lives at Heysel and pray it never happens again.

RIP 39
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Menjelang pertemuan Liverpool vs Juve untuk pertama kalinya pasca Tragedi Heysel 29 Mei 1985 di Anfield pada perempat final UCL musim 2004-2005 yang waktunya hampir berdekatan dengan 20 tahun peringatan Tragedi Heysel.

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Bersatu untuk Heysel

Ketika pertama kali Liverpool diketahui bertemu dengan Juventus di perempatfinal Liga Champion, ingatan publik langsung mengarah pada Tragedi Heysel, 29 Mei 1985.

Ketika itu, final Piala Champion 1984/85, Liverpool berduel melawan Juventus di Stadion Heysel, Belgia. Sebelum laga, kerusuhan terjadi. Akibatnya sebanyak 39 orang tewas.

Setelah itu klub-klub Inggris diskors UEFA selama lima tahun. Liverpool pun tidak pernah lagi berjumpa dengan Juventus di pertandingan resmi maupun persahabatan.

Itu sebabnya kedua klub ini sepakat untuk memperingati Tragedi Heysel secara khusus saat mereka bertemu di Anfield, Selasa (5/4). Inisiatif datang dari Liverpool, pihak yang merasa lebih bersalah dalam peristiwa 20 tahun lalu itu.

“Hubungan kedua tim sangat baik pascatragedi itu. Ini kesempatan bagi suporter kami untuk menunjukkan respek mereka. Kami akan melakukan sesuatu untuk tifosi Juventus di Anfield. Saya belum bisa bilang apa itu, tapi pasti akan amat berkesan,” ujar Chief Executive The Reds, Rick Parry.

Pelatih Juventus, Fabio Capello, sependapat dengan niat baik Liverpool itu. “Kami akan memainkan partai ini mengingat apa yang terjadi 20 tahun lalu dan memastikan kali ini spirit sepakbola tidak akan dilupakan,” katanya di The Guardian.

Kedua belah pihak tidak merasa diperlukannya antisipasi dalam hal penonton. “Tidak perlu mengurangi penonton. Sebaliknya Juventus ingin alokasi 2.400 tiket di Anfield. Kami akan mengusahakan agar bisa mendatangkan 3.600 Juventini. Ini partai persahabatan demi Heysel,” ucap Parry.

Memori Legenda
Momen pertandingan Liverpool-Juventus ini juga menyatukan kembali ingatan para saksi sejarahnya. Bintang-bintang masa lalu The Reds serta I Bianconeri sama-sama berharap agar Tragedi Heysel diingat bukan karena memori tragisnya.

“Luka ini sangat dalam, tidak bisa disembuhkan. Kita harus menjalani partai ini dengan cara yang sebenarnya. Liverpool versus Juventus adalah sebuah perayaan, sesuatu yang seharusnya juga terjadi 29 Mei 1985,” ujar legenda Juventus pencetak gol tunggal partai 20 tahun lalu, Michel Platini.

“Sekarang sudah waktunya untuk membuka lembaran baru, membuat ‘hantu-hantu’ Heysel beristirahat dengan tenang,” sambung eks rekan satu tim Platini, Marco Tardelli.

Dari Liverpool, yang bicara adalah Kenny Dalglish, yang dulu bertarung melawan Platini dan Tardelli. “Banyak jembatan positif sudah dibangun setelah tragedi itu. Jangan lagi hubungan baik ini dirusak,” katanya di BBC Football.

“Baik Liverpool maupun Juventus sudah meminta maaf dan itu sudah diberikan. Saatnya bersatu untuk membangun kembali tembok Heysel yang runtuh itu,” lanjutnya.

Timeline Tribute for Heysel

Tragedi Heysel begitu membekas dalam perjalanan sejarah sepakbola dunia. Wajar ketika Liverpool dan Juventus memutuskan untuk memperingati bencana itu secara spesial saat kedua tim bertemu untuk pertama kalinya pasca-final Piala Champion 1985 di perempatfinal Liga Champion 2005.

Apa yang direncanakan Liverpool serta Juventus sebetulnya bukan tribute pertama yang dilakukan untuk mengenang Tragedi Heysel. Berikut ini adalah beberapa cara yang dilakukan masyarakat sepakbola dunia untuk mengingatkan betapa dalam luka yang ditinggalkan Tragedi Heysel.

29 Mei 1985: Pada malam hari beberapa jam setelah terjadinya Tragedi Heysel, karangan-karangan bunga ditempatkan di depan pintu restoran-restoran Italia di Merseyside.

1986: Sebuah plakat kecil diletakkan tepat di tempat runtuhnya bagian Stadion Heysel untuk mengenang tragedi tersebut.

1988: Asosiasi Keluarga Korban Heysel didirikan dengan presidennya adalah Ottelo Lorentini. Anak Ottelo, Roberto, adalah salah satu korban. Roberto, yang seorang dokter, tewas tertimpa tembok yang roboh ketika sedang memberikan pernapasan buatan untuk seorang anak. Asosiasi ini tidak aktif lagi tahun 1992 setelah penyelidikan kasus Heysel ditutup.

1994: Stadion Heysel diruntuhkan dan digantikan Stadion King Baudouin. Tapi, plakat peringatan Tragedi Heysel tetap dipertahankan di tempatnya semula.

30 Mei 2000: Para korban Tragedi Heysel diperingati secara resmi untuk pertama kalinya di kota Liverpool. Hari itu, lonceng balai kota dibunyikan 39 kali untuk mengenang 39 orang korban.

14 Juni 2000: UEFA menolak permintaan tim nasional Italia, yang melawat ke Belgia untuk pertama kalinya pasca-Tragedi Heysel, untuk meletakkan karangan bunga di tengah lapangan dan mengheningkan cipta sebelum uji coba lawan Belgia. Tapi, wasit Aranda Encinar tetap menunda kick-off selama lima menit sehingga Paolo Maldini bisa melakukan prosesi tersebut.

23 April 2004: Di Italia diluncurkan buku berjudul Le Verita sull’Heysel (Kebenaran tentang Heysel) karangan Francesco Camerani. Nara sumbernya antara lain: Zibi Boniek (eks pemain Juventus), Roberto Beccantini (jurnalis dan saksi mata), dan Otello-Andrea Lorentini (orangtua salah satu korban).

5 April 2005: Pada partai pertama perempatfinal pertama Liga Champion di Anfield antara Liverpool dan Juventus, kedua tim berjanji akan melakukan sesuatu yang spesial untuk mengenang 20 tahun Tragedi Heysel.

29 Mei 2005: Sebuah monumen khusus berharga 200 ribu euro akan diresmikan untuk mengenang 20 tahun Tragedi Heysel. Monumen itu berupa patung sekaligus jam matahari sebesar 60 meter persegi yang menggambarkan 39 korban yang tewas.
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