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. 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. 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. 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]."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.

Source: Telegraph