"Bill Shankly Former Liverpool Coach" "Narrated by Terence Stamp" "John Williams Historian, England" "Simon Inglis Author, England" "Vitaly Yerenkov Journalist, Ukraine" "Yuri Voiynov Dynnmo Kiev Well, we knew, and we had films, about the footballers who played in the Death Match." "There were books on the subject, so we all knew that story." "They were an example to us, so to speak." "Out!" "Out, gentlemen!" "Quickly, please!" "You must lose the game, or you will be taken from here and shot." "Victor Ivanov Eyewitness, Death Match The German army occupied Kiev in the autumn of 1942." "I was nine years old then." "The whole Ukrainian team was kept in the concentration camp near the baking factory." "I can remember that the central stand was full of Germans." "Hungarian troops were to the right." "Obviously the Dynamo Kiev team led the game, and they won it." "During the game, German supporters were so desperate that they started to shoot in the air, whilst the Hungarians were mocking them "Oh-la-la, oh-la-la."" "In February 1943, the Nazis conducted a punitive act of execution" "Vladimir Mayevsky Historian, Ukraine by shooting every fifth person in the camp." "It's difficult to say now why they did so." "Some people say it happened because someone had kicked a dog which belonged to a commandant of the camp." "Some say that the commandant himself was somehow hurt." "They killed the brilliant goalkeeper Trusevich, who behaved most heroically." "It's not necessary to behave heroically at your own execution." "But when they tried to put him down on the ground, he stood up and shouted "Stalin will come." "Long live Soviet sport!"" "Thus he was killed standing up." "Just after the liberation of Kiev in 1944, investigations were initiated, and all the footballers who played against the Germans were in big trouble." "I remember particularly that the sister of Trusevich, who was killed, was interviewed many times by the KGB." "She was asked why her brother stayed in Kiev, why he played with the Germans." "There are many versions of the interpretation of those events, including mine." "The official Ukrainian and Russian Dynamo interpretation is that these footballers were heroes who died during the war for the future of the nation." "And let it be so." "People died, and let the land be soft for them." "Everyone would agree that they were heroes." "It was a wonderful group, a mixture of young and old footballers" "Sandro Mazzola Inter  Italy that lived for a great dream, to have an invincible team." "It was a team that had an incredible strength, due to these men's determination as well as to their technique - that was the great Torino." "We felt protected by this man who was our captain, Valentino Mazzola." "Sauro Toma Torino He was a great character in the team." "He was superior to us both technically as a footballer, and as a man." "From three to five years old, my father would take me as a Torino mascot." "I had the football shoes, the uniform, and the shirt number 10." "I did not fully understand why people were always around him." "I thought he was someone important for the way he was treated by the public." "Many times I would hold his hand tight to feel safe, because there were all these big people around, whereas I, a small child, was afraid." "His hand was what would give me the strength." "My father was not well, and he missed the last game in Milan, just before going to Portugal, against Inter." "And he did not decide whether he was going or not until the last minute." "But then he remembered his promise, and felt that having given his word to a colleague, he couldn't back out, and so he went." "From my house, I can see Superga." "I can see it when the sky is as clear as today." "But most times I can't see it." "It's at a height of 500-600 metres from the ground, so it's always surrounded by the clouds." "I know what usually happened." "We started to pack our suitcases, and wrap the presents we'd bought for our children." "There was always great enthusiasm when we could see our own town from the plane." "I think the same thing happened on that day." "However, they suddenly flew into thick fog." "The pilot didn't see Superga, and therefore didn't have the chance to avoid it, or to fly over it." "He first hit it with the wing, and then the plane crashed into it." "I watched over them all night at Palazzo Madama." "I watched over those bodies in their coffins, covered by a lot of flowers." "When I saw the relatives, I felt ashamed." "I tried not to make eye contact with them." "They did not tell me straight away what happened, perhaps because it would have been too great a shock for me." "I was taken away from home to my father's friends who lived on the outskirts of Turin." "For at least 10 days I did not know what had happened." "Little by little, I came to understand, and it was probably less painful that way." "They would tell me my dad is just away, he's gone to play a match." "Then eventually they told me there had been an accident, and I finally realised that my father was dead." "I always missed my friends in the changing rooms, and I missed them through my whole life." "When I pray at night." "I still name almost all of them." "I do the same thing in the morning." "Every day, what makes my day is being able to look at their pictures and remembering our times together." "I never forgot them." "Bill Foulkes Manchester United" "Sir Bobby Charlton Manchester United" "Carlos Padilla Former Honduras Coach I consider that football should unify us." "When there is a World Cup, millions and millions of people tune in either on television or radio, and this means that football is principally about friendship, and not hate." "Marco Avate Mendosa Honduran International We were really worried for our lives because there was a lot of hostile publicity towards our team." "And I say with all sincerity that we hadn't slept for practically three days before the match." "We arrived like they did in the Second World War, in small Volkswagen buses that were around at the time, with 10 motorbikes at top speed." "And in the street, there was a group of people throwing things at us - and we played like that." "Ricardo Midence Honduran Ambassador" "No, no." "The players at that time didn't really think that it was anything to do with football." "Over time, we analysed, and saw that there were other factors surrounding this match." "I think that the politicians really used the situation, and the military made use of the situation." "It is a shame, because I consider that football should not be used as an excuse for this type of problem." "Phil Neal Liverpool" "Eddie Spearitt Hillslborough Survivor" "Phil Scraton Author of"Hillslborough" " The Truth"" "Dennis Liwewe Broadcaster, Zambia" "Arthur Chansa Relative, Zambia" "Joyce Chabala Relative, Zambia" "Ponga Liwewe Journalist, Zambia"