Treble memories: Penalty drama and iconic venues in UEFA Cup adventure
Chris Shaw Liverpool s 2000-01 UEFA Cup campaign took Gerard Houllier s team on a tour of iconic venues as the Reds gave a new generation of supporters a taste of the most special European occasions.
From an inauspicious first step in the competition to toppling FC Barcelona – via Czech Republic, Greece, Italy and Portugal, too – their journey through the rounds grew ever more thrilling and hopeful.
On the eve of the 20th anniversary of Liverpool lifting the trophy in Dortmund, we look back at how they reached the final in a tale of conquests, clean sheets and a ghost penalty…
Italy used privately calculated R number to tighten lockdown rules
Government ignored its own statistics in favour of those produced by a private firm when it tightened restrictions in key region
3 March 2021 • 4:06pm
Stefano Terna, whose company calculates Italy s R number in real time, at his office in Turin
Credit: Richard Evans
Lockdown rules were tightened in one of Italy s most economically important regions on the basis of figures calculated by a private firm, overriding official government data that are supposed to drive such decisions, it has been suggested.
Northern Italy s Piedmont region, whose industries include Fiat s factories in Turin, changed from a yellow zone to an orange zone on Monday, meaning that restaurants had to close and people had to stay in their local area.
Classic Match: The night the Reds conquered Rome again
Chris Shaw Liverpool s famous UEFA Cup victory over AS Roma 20 years ago today began with a helping hand from some SS Lazio fans.
As the Reds’ team bus crawled through traffic on its way to the Stadio Olimpico for the first leg of their last-16 tie in February 2001, a path was opened up by an escort from local policemen particularly eager to see the visitors arrive without disruption.
The reason? They supported Roma’s city rivals Lazio.
But their intervention proved the only assistance Gerard Houllier’s soon-to-be treble heroes would need on a night when they revealed to the whole of Europe their credentials as potential tournament winners with a 2-0 conquest.