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Belgium-Italy, tribute from the national team to the Heysel victims
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ANSA Sport·15 minutes ago·Sports·1 min read·🇮🇹Italy·

Belgium-Italy, tribute from the national team to the Heysel victims

Malagò, Ranieri, Mancini and Scalvini will lay a wreath before Italy-Belgium

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  • On the eve of the Italy-Belgium Nations League match, a FIGC delegation led by Giovanni Malagò laid a wreath of flowers at the King Baldovino stadium in Brussels in memory of the 39 victims of the Heysel tragedy on 29 May 1985.
  • Also present were Claudio Ranieri, Roberto Mancini, Giorgio Scalvini and the Belgian Federation with Pascale Van Damme and Vincent Mannaert.

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The Heysel tragedy occurred on 29 May 1985 before the European Cup final between Liverpool and Juventus, when riots broke out at the King Baudouin stadium in Brussels causing the deaths of 39 people.

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On the eve of the Nations League match with Belgium, scheduled for the King Baldovino stadium in Brussels, a FIGC delegation led by extraordinary commissioner Giovanni Malagò wanted to pay homage to the victims of the Heysel tragedy.

Malagò, together with the technical director of the Football Federation and president of Club Italia Claudio Ranieri, the coach Roberto Mancini and Giorgio Scalvini representing the Azzurri laid a wreath of flowers, observing a moment of contemplation under the plaque placed in memory of the 39 people who lost their lives on 29 May 1985 due to the riots that broke out before the start of the European Cup final between Liverpool and Juventus. The Belgian Federation also joined the commemoration, with president Pascale Van Damme and CEO Vincent Mannaert also placing a bouquet of flowers.

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  • On the eve of the Italy-Belgium Nations League match, a FIGC delegation led by Giovanni Malagò laid a wreath of flowers at the King Baldovino stadium in Brussels in memory of the 39 victims of the Heysel tragedy on 29 May 1985.
  • Also present were Claudio Ranieri, Roberto Mancini, Giorgio Scalvini and the Belgian Federation with Pascale Van Damme and Vincent Mannaert.

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