The English took out their phones when they saw what Legia fans were doing

 After previous visits to Leicester and Birmingham, Legia fans - rightly - did not have the best reputation in the British Isles. On Thursday, however, the fans from the capital - just like the players - showed themselves from the best side and no one can have the slightest reservations about them. Legia can say goodbye to both London and the Conference League with their heads held high.

Before the Chelsea vs. Legia Warsaw match at Stamford Bridge, we could fear two things: a heavy defeat for Goncalo Feio's players and brawls started by Legia hooligans. In the end, there was neither one nor the other.

Legia said goodbye to the Conference League in a way that can only be applauded. Feio's players were the first in this competition to win against Chelsea (2:1), and the fans from Warsaw behaved in an exemplary manner. The fanatical support for over 90 minutes was decorated with a dozen or so flares that did not fly onto the pitch or into the home team's sectors. The home team, who feared the worst, could only be positively surprised.

The English were afraid of hooligans

- The English are afraid of the behavior of our fans - Kinga Święcicka, Legia's director of event organization and security, admitted in an interview with the sport.tvp.pl portal. After the brawls in Leicester and Birmingham, which took place during Legia's previous matches in the European cups, the English implemented special security measures before Thursday's match.

Following recommendations from a special security unit, Chelsea only gave Legia fans half of the available tickets. The London police prepared a larger than usual number of uniformed officers, and Chelsea made special preparations for the arrival of fans from Warsaw.

The club from Stamford Bridge issued a special announcement the day before the match, informing its fans how to enter and exit the stadium due to the presence of the legionnaires. Flags on sticks, which had been an element of the setting in recent matches, also disappeared from one of the stands.

British journalists recalled the events in Leicester and Birmingham, calling Legia fans among the most dangerous in Europe. The warnings were of course not unfounded. This time, however, Legia fans behaved exemplarily.

"Can you explain to me what this is about?"

Individual fans of the Warsaw club could already be found in London on Wednesday evening. However, nothing reprehensible happened in the city then or on Thursday. Legia fans appeared together at Stamford Bridge after a march that began shortly after 6 p.m. local time.

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