Everything about The 1985 European Cup Final totally explained
The
1985 European Cup Final was a
football match played between the clubs
Liverpool F.C. of
England and
Juventus F.C. of Italy at the
Heysel Stadium in
Brussels,
Belgium on
29 May 1985.
The match was overshadowed by the
disaster which took place about an hour before kick off, when Liverpool supporters charged at Juventus supporters, causing a huge crush of people against a stadium wall which subsequently collapsed. 39 people were killed and hundreds injured.
It was decided that the match should be played, as it was felt that abandoning it could cause further trouble.
Match summary
The game was a mere footnote to the horror that was the
Heysel Stadium disaster. Thirty-nine spectators, mainly Juventus fans, were tragically killed when
Liverpool fans charged a section of
Juventus fans. The Italian supporters rushed to the corner of their section to get away from the violence and a crush ensued which resulted in a wall collapsing. Controversially the game went ahead - almost an hour and a half late - in an attempt to stop further violence occurring. There are differing accounts concerning whether the players were aware of the full horror that had occurred in the stadium that evening, but most people regarded the match itself as an irrelevance. The only goal of the game came from a penalty after an hour as
Zbigniew Boniek was brought down by
Gary Gillespie, and Frenchman
Michel Platini scored from the resulting penalty.
Juventus won 1–0 and lifted the
European Cup for the first time.
Match details
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|team2 =
Liverpool
|goals1 =
Platini
|goals2 =
|stadium =
Heysel Stadium,
Brussels
|attendance = 59,000
|referee=
André Daina }}
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