Local police warned all Chelsea travel fans to avoid wearing club colors in Warsaw for their quarter -final confrontation in the conference League on Thursday.
The blues go to the Polish capital Thursday evening in their attempt to secure silverware in the first season of Enzo Maresca at the club, in a competition, they are favorites to win.
Their confrontation in the quarterfinals takes them to Poland, where a hostile environment is expected for the club, judging by warnings from Chelsea and the Warsaw police.
Chelsea warned the fans to share the location of the pickup point of tickets in Warsaw with anyone outside of her colleagues holders of stand tickets.
Meanwhile, the police recommended that fans do not have Chelsea shirts during their direction in the Polish capital.
They also declared that all fans taken in “cases of revolution” will see a police law “decisively”.
Fans of Chelsea were warned by Polish police before their confrontation with LEGIA Warspow in the midst of the fears of a most notable hooligan attack in Europe
Legia Varsaw Ultras clashed with fans and police rows outside Villa Park last season
No Legia fans were allowed to enter, but the supporters have launched missiles in the soil from the outside
“Police in uniform and in civilian clothes will monitor the areas adjacent to the stadium and ensure that public order is not disrupted. They will respond decisively to all cases of revocator, ”will read a declaration of the headquarters of the Polish metropolitan police.
“The enormous interest in this match among football fans will mean that there will be more police patrols on the road to the stadium that day. Police from the capital will make sure that each fan arrives safely in the match and go home safely after the match.
“We call on the participants and all those present at the place of a sporting event to inform the police of any threats and the disturbing situations they observe.”
Legia Warsaw saw their own allowance for the Chelsea’s return leg, and the blues will only get 742 tickets for the trip to Warsaw, although the Blues push UEFA to help them receive an increased allowance
The small number is due to security and safety reasons. Last season, Legia Warsaw fans received a ban on five outdoor games in Europe after 46 men were charged following clashes with police outside their conference League match at Aston Villa.
Two were accused of having attacked police officers and another to have a knife, with fences and a broken lighting pole – even if fans outside were already prohibited from Villa Park that night.
The good news is that, since the game is so early, Chelsea will not penalize supporters unable to buy a ticket via their UEFA Away program.
The ultras of Legia Warsaw, the Teddy Boys ’95, have a formidable reputation across Europe and regularly appear in lists of the largest groups of this type of game.
Chelsea goes to the Polish capital to face Legia Warsaw in the Europa Conference League
The ultras of the Polish club are considered to be among the most formidable of the game
Forty-six fans were accused of public procuree offenses after the Aston Villa match
Legia fans surrounded by Ukrainian police before a confrontation with Zorya Luhansk in 2015
They made the headlines last season when they exceeded an impressive tifo in a conference league confrontation in response to the closure of a stand for fans in a previous match.
The ultras section has been closed for the second elimination floor eliminates “This time, you won UEFA” placed behind rows of empty seats before kick -off.
But it turned out to be a false flag because the ultras had just moved to another part of the stadium for the game.
And they deployed a “surprise mother ***** s!” Banner and dropped fireworks while the teams aligned themselves at the Stadion Wojska Polskiego.
They also previously organized a banner representing UEFA officials as pigs with the words “6-1. Because football does not matter, money is done! After being expelled from the competition following an administrative problem.
Plush boys also have a reputation for controversial behavior and hooliganism.
Enzo Maresca took the unusual step to arm his Chelsea players with images of the atmosphere of Legia Warsaw before the quarter -final of the Thursday evening conference league.
The blues are ready for a difficult confrontation in the Polish capital. Visitors to the Premier League were only allowed to bring 742 supporters with them due to security problems, Legia previously expressed a ban on five games at home and sentenced to a fine of £ 86,000 after a problem during a confrontation of the Europa League in Aston Villa in November 2023.
Legia fans celebrate 1-0 victory over the Ukrainian team in the Europa League qualifiers
Warsaw police promised a “decisive” action for all fans taken in “Revolutionary cases”
The Ultra group made the headlines last season with a catchy banner intended for UEFA
Enzo Maresca revealed that he shared images of the atmosphere of Legia Warsaw in accumulation
Speaking on Wednesday evening in Warsaw, Maresca said: “We are trying to show them part of the environment in this stadium so that they can adapt and be ready tomorrow.
“Fortunately, you know better than me, in England almost wherever the environment is good, that’s good.
“Surely, tomorrow will be even more, but I have always said in the same way as players, they are lucky and they must think that they are lucky to live this kind of games.”
Questioned by Sport Mail if he had sent video clips to his players, Maresca said: “Yes, yes.
“ We always try to give them the overview, not only what they can do on the ball, what they can do with the ball, and sometimes you also have to show them where you are going because we have players from different parts of the world, so probably some of them that they do not know exactly. We have also shown them part of the environment of this stage.
