Native police have warned any travelling Chelsea followers to keep away from sporting membership colors in Warsaw for his or her Convention League quarter ultimate conflict on Thursday.
The Blues journey to the Polish capital on Thursday night of their bid to safe silverware in Enzo Maresca’s first season on the membership, in a contest they’re heavy favourites to win.
Their quarter-final conflict takes them to Poland, the place a hostile setting is anticipated for the membership, judging by warnings from each Chelsea and the Warsaw police.
Chelsea have warned followers in opposition to sharing the placement of the ticket pick-up level in Warsaw with anybody exterior of fellow away stand ticket holders.
The police in the meantime have advisable that followers don’t put on Chelsea shirts whereas out and about within the Polish capital.
In addition they said that any followers caught in ‘instances of lawbreaking’ will see police act ‘decisively’.
Chelsea journey to the Polish capital to tackle Legia Warsaw within the Europa Convention League
Warsaw police have promised ‘decisive’ motion for any followers caught in ‘instances of lawbreaking’
The Polish membership’s Ultras are thought-about to be among the many most fearsome within the recreation
‘Each uniformed and plainclothes cops will probably be monitoring the areas adjoining to the stadium and can be certain that public order just isn’t disrupted. They’ll reply decisively to any instances of lawbreaking,’ learn an announcement from the Polish Metropolitan Police Headquarters.
‘The massive curiosity on this match amongst soccer followers will imply that there will probably be extra police patrols on the routes to the stadium that day. The capital metropolis police will make it possible for each fan arrives safely to the match and returns house safely after the match.
‘We enchantment to members and all individuals current on the venue of a sports activities occasion to tell the police about any threats and disturbing conditions they observe.’
Legia Warsaw’s ultras, the Teddy Boys ’95, carry a fearsome repute throughout Europe and are usually featured in lists of the most important such teams within the recreation.
They stole the headlines final season when unfurling a formidable tifo in a Convention League conflict in response to having a stand closed for fan bother in an earlier match.
The ultras part was closed for the knockout spherical play-off second leg following fan bother earlier than the tie in opposition to AZ Alkmaar, with solely U14s allowed within the house finish, with a ‘this time you gained UEFA’ banner positioned behind rows of empty seats earlier than kick-off.
But it surely proved to be a false flag because the Ultras had merely moved to a different a part of the stadium for the sport.
They usually unfurled a ‘Shock motherf*****s!’ banner and let off fireworks because the groups lined-up on the Stadion Wojska Polskiego.
Legia Warsaw ultras clashed with followers and ranks of police exterior Villa Park final season
The Extremely group caught the headlines final season with an attention grabbing banner geared toward UEFA
Enzo Maresca has revealed he shared footage of the Legia Warsaw ambiance within the build-up
They’ve additionally beforehand held up a banner depicting UEFA officers as pigs with the phrases ‘6-1. As a result of soccer doesn’t matter, cash does!’ after being kicked out of the competitors following an administrative difficulty.
The Teddy Boys additionally nonetheless have a repute for controversial behaviour and hooliganism.
Enzo Maresca has taken the bizarre step of arming his Chelsea gamers with footage of the Legia Warsaw ambiance forward of Thursday evening’s Convention League quarter-final first leg.
The Blues are set for a difficult away conflict within the Polish capital. The Premier League guests have solely been allowed to deliver 742 supporters with them resulting from safety issues, with Legia beforehand issued a five-game ban away from house and fined £86,000 following bother in a Europa League conflict at Aston Villa in November 2023.
Talking on Wednesday evening in Warsaw, Maresca mentioned: ‘We attempt to present them a number of the setting on this stadium to allow them to adapt and be prepared tomorrow. Happily, you recognize higher than me, in England virtually in every single place the setting is sweet, it is good.
‘For certain, tomorrow will probably be much more, however I at all times mentioned the identical that the gamers, they’re fortunate they usually should suppose that they’re fortunate to expertise that form of video games.’
Requested by Mail Sport if he had despatched video clips to his gamers, Maresca mentioned: ‘Sure, sure. We strive at all times to present them the large image, not solely what they’ll do on the ball, what they’ll do off the ball, and typically you additionally want to point out them the place you go as a result of now we have gamers from completely different components of the world, so in all probability a few of them they do not know precisely. We confirmed them additionally a number of the setting on this stadium.’
