Local police have warned all traveling Chelsea fans to prevent club colors in Warsaw from being worn for their final of their Conference League Quarter on Thursday.
The blues travel to the Polish capital on Thursday evening in their attempt to secure silverware in the first season of Enzo Maresca in the club, in a competition they are tough favorites to win.
Their quarter-final collision brings them to Poland, where a hostile environment is expected for the club, based on warnings from both Chelsea and the Warsaw police.
Chelsea has warned fans about sharing the location of the ticket collection point in Warsaw with everyone outside of Fellow Away stand-ticket holders.
In the meantime, the police have recommended that fans do not wear Chelsea shirts while they are on the road in the Polish capital.
They also stated that fans who have been trapped in 'cases of Lawbreaking' will see the police act 'decisive'.
'Both uniformed and ordinary police officers will follow the areas next to the stadium and will ensure that public order is not disturbed. They will respond decisively to all cases of Lawbreaking, 'read a statement from the Polish metropolitan police headquarters.
'The enormous interest in this match among football fans will mean that there will be more police patrols on the routes to the stadium that day. The Capital City Police will ensure that every fan arrives safely on the game and return home safely after the game.
“We appeal to participants and all persons who are present at the location of a sporting event to inform the police about any threats and disturbing situations they perceive.”
Legia Warsaw's Ultras, the Teddy Boys '95, have a frightening reputation throughout Europe and are regularly involved in lists of the largest such groups.
They stolen the headlines last season when they unfolded an impressive Tifo in a conference competition -collision in response to a stand closed for fan problems in an earlier match.
The ultrasection was closed for the knockout round play-off second leg after fan problems for the draw against AZ Alkmaar, with only U14s allowed in the home side, with a 'this time you won the UEFA banner placed behind the rows of empty seats before the 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 unfolded a “Surprise Motherf ***** s!” Banner and release fireworks while the teams stand in line in the Wojska Polskiego stadium.
They have also stopped a banner who displays UEFA officials as pigs with the words' 6-1. Because football does not matter, it does apply! 'After he has been kicked out of the competition after an administrative problem.
However, the Teddy boys also have a reputation for controversial behavior and hooliganism.
Enzo Maresca has taken the unusual step to arm his Chelsea players with images of the Legia Warsaw atmosphere prior to the quarterfinals of Thursday evening Conference League first stage.
The blues are set for a challenging collision in the Polish capital. Visitors to the Premier League have only allowed 742 supporters as a result of security problems, whereby Legia has previously published a five-game ban away from home and fined £ 86,000 after problems in a Europa League collision in Aston Villa in November 2023.
Speaking on Wednesday evening in Warsaw, Maresca said: 'We try to show them part of the area in this stadium so that they can adapt and be ready tomorrow. Fortunately you know better than me, in England almost everywhere the area is good, it's fun.
“Tomorrow will certainly be more, but I have always said the same thing that the players, they are lucky and they have to think they are lucky to experience that kind of games.”
Asked by post sport if he had sent video clips to his players, Maresca said: 'Yes, yes. We always try to give them the big whole, not only what they can do on the ball, what they can do from 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 do not know exactly. We also showed them part of the area in this stadium. '
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