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VIDEO: Juventus fans pay tribute to victims of Heysel disaster with touching tifo

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Juventus, and everyone around the club, will never forget the tragic events of May 29, 1985 in Belgium.

That's when 39 supporters, most of them pledging their allegiance to the Italian side, were killed ahead of the 1985 European Cup final between the Bianconeri and Liverpool at Heysel Stadium in Brussels.

After stampeding through a thin line of police officers, a group of Liverpool supporters forced a wall in the stadium to collapse. Those who lost their lives were either crushed by the wall itself, or trampled amidst the chaos.

On Saturday, in the 39th minute of Juventus's match against Napoli, supporters at the eponymous stadium paid tribute to those individuals whose lives were tragically cut short that day 30 years ago.

Amazing heysel tribute.

The tribute read as follows: "Nobody really dies if they live on in the hearts of those who remain, forever."

As the video above showed briefly, fans surrounding the large banner held up cards bearing the names of the 39 supporters who were killed in the disaster.

(Courtesy: @juvefcdotcom)

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