Polish city urges locals to stay home as Chelsea fans arrive for European final

Authorities from the Polish city of Wroclaw have advised residents to limit travel while preparing for an inflow of football fans prior to the final of the UEFA Conference League.

It is expected that more than 70,000 supporters will descend from the city in the coming days, while Chelsea accepts real betis on Wednesday in the 42,000 capacity of Wroclaw Stadium.

The blues booked their place in the final by beating the Swedish side Djurgarden if 5-1 aggregated earlier this month.

The collision could also see that Enzo Maresca claims silverware in his first season since he had arrived at the Stamford Bridge from Leicester from Leicester in the summer.

Although fans make travel arrangements prior to the large game, the locals of Wroclaw are preparing for a considerable disruption in their city.

According to the Polish outlet Gazeta Wroclawska, the authority of the capital of Lower Silesia released a press release to inform residents of three days of disruption for the competition.

The report suggests that Western parts of the city are the most affected, with several road closures in the entire area and with the police that were used to aim the intake of traffic.

Special bus and tram services will also be in operation, with local officials to expect the event to be larger than the competitions that will be organized in the city during Euro 2012.

In the meantime, the locals have also been warned to use public transport and where possible to stay at home to prevent significant delays.

Throughs of crowd supporters are expected to gather at a free fan festival on the Marktplein located in the historic old city of Wroclaw in the run -up to the competition, with the League trophy conference that can be seen.

The report comes just a few days after videos were spread on social media on large scale, showed that Manchester United supporters stranded at Bilbao bus station after the defeat, for their part against Spurs in the Europa League final.

Fans who tried to reach Bilbao Airport discovered that there was no service on the metro of the city, with some reportedly forced to travel through the Basque capital in the early hours to make their departing flight.

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