Source: Telegraph
Liverpool warned against unintentional Heysel 'disrespect'
The Premier League club have announced plans for a mosaic on the Kop reading amici friends before Wednesday night's game as a goodwill gesture to the Italian side for the warm welcome Liverpool's travelling support were afforded in Florence in September. [LNB]One group of Fiorentina fans, the ultra group Collettivo Autonomo Viola, offered a formal "twinning" with the official Liverpool supporters' club to establish a bond between the two sides, while a banner reading "Reds, your story for us is a legend" was unfurled in the Curva Fiesole, home of Fiorentina's hardcore support, during the game in Italy. [LNB]Hillsborough disaster: police chief constable hopes to make documents publicHillsborough disaster documents to be made public after Jacqui Smith requestBut fears have been raised in Italy that a minority of Fiorentina fans are using Liverpool's name to taunt Juventus after pictures emerged of visiting supporters wearing Liverpool shirts emblazoned with "Minus 39" a reference to the number of Juventus supporters killed at Heysel when the two sides met in Serie A last month. [LNB]Juventus ultras fan group spokesman Pino Leo said: "We are sure Liverpool fans do not know how their name and shirts are being used to offend the victims of Heysel, but we wish to inform them [about this]."[LNB]Liverpool insist the mosaic is purely in recognition of Fiorentina's kindness when the two clubs met in Italy and said that no formal link had been established. [LNB]
