The man who organised the Juventus trip to Heysel claims Michel Platini wondered “why make such a fuss” about 39 fans who died.
Yesterday was the 30th anniversary of the tragedy in Brussels, when a wall collapsed in the Heysel Stadium ahead of the European Cup Final against Liverpool.
“In that trip I was accompanying the Juventus squad, directors and journalists,” Fiorenzo Peloso told L’Eco di Bergamo newspaper.
The man who organised the Juventus trip to Heysel claims Michel Platini wondered “why make such a fuss” about 39 fans who died.
Yesterday was the 30th anniversary of the tragedy in Brussels, when a wall collapsed in the Heysel Stadium ahead of the European Cup Final against Liverpool.
“In that trip I was accompanying the Juventus squad, directors and journalists,” Fiorenzo Peloso told L’Eco di Bergamo newspaper.
“I organised the journey. We left from Geneva with an Air France Caravelle. On the tragic day after that, I saw the worst representation of human nature that had lost its humanity around a sport that had nothing sporting left in it.
“Now 30 years on, I cannot forget the incredible sum of pettiness that I witnessed and can finally now reveal some of the details.
“The ‘pearl’ was a phrase said to me under his breath by Platini at the airport: ‘More people are killed on the roads, why make such a fuss?’”
Platini was at the time in the Juventus squad that won the trophy at the Heysel Stadium.
He is now President of UEFA.