If a pattern of English fan violence sets in at this World Cup, why risk another Heysel?
This is the difference between being a player in the match and someone who actually lost someone at Heysel.
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At Heysel, there were tales of anybody just strolling up and getting in.
BBC: SPORT | Football | Europe | Reds tie evokes Heysel memories
And in 1985 there was the Heysel stadium disaster, when Liverpool supporters attacked Italian fans, a wall collapsed, and 38 people died.
Obviously Heysel and the Bradford fire changed things in England but the state of the ground made me realise how lucky we are.
If you're struck by the apparent incongruity of these choices, consider the track DJ John Peel played after the Heysel Stadium deaths: You'll Never Walk Alone.
Much work had been done in the days before the game to promote friendship between the two sets of supporters, 20 years after the Heysel disaster.
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Nobody takes a brick into a game, and it quickly became clear they were actually throwing bits of the Heysel Stadium at us - the place was crumbling.
BBC: SPORT | Football | Europe | Reds tie evokes Heysel memories
Mr Hunt had praised the England fans at the 2010 World Cup saying the "terrible problems" of "Heysel and Hillsborough in the 1980s seem now to be behind us".
In 1985 Liverpool played Juventus at Heysel in the European Cup final and 39 people were killed when they tried to escape violence only for a wall in the crumbling stadium to collapse.
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One week ago the first leg of this tie - the first time the teams had met since Heysel - passed off peacefully even though some Juve supporters turned their backs on a Liverpool apology.
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"I really don't believe that Italian football has learned the lessons of Heysel and Hillsborough, or at least hasn't implemented any tangible changes at anything like the pace required, " said another Italian football writer Adam Digby.
While English football was forced to grapple with extensive stadium renovation to improve facilities for fans due to recommendations made by Lord Justice Taylor after the deadly crowd disasters at Hillsborough and Heysel in the 1980s, Italian football was left in a time warp.
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