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On Thursday, Vilnius police officers will face another test. This week, "elite" Polish football hooligans will start pouring into our country. At the LFF stadium, Vilnius' "Žalgiris" team will meet with Poznań's "Lech" team. It is the "Lech" fans who are considered the most fierce in Eastern Europe, and rumors about them spread throughout the Old Continent.
This month, the fury of the "Lech" fans was felt by the Finns. In the second round of the Europa League qualifiers, the team from Poznań fought with the footballers from Espoo's "Honka".
Upon arriving in Finland, the "Lech" hooligans did not encounter resistance from the locals, so they resorted to "traditional entertainment" - provoking police officers.
In videos posted on YouTube, "Lech" fans are captured boldly marching towards the stadium and breaking fences.
In Poland, fans are considering that up to a couple thousand of them could come to Vilnius, but they do not intend to welcome so many organized "Lech" club hooligans.
Earlier, "Žalgiris" coach Marek Zubas did not hide the fact that angry Poles could cause a lot of trouble.
"When Polish fans are unhappy - they can become very aggressive. Here we can expect a couple hundred hooligans. This is a big group. The situation could be very complicated. In a large stadium, security and police may find it easier to deal with them, but here - it's a smaller stadium. They can be very dangerous," said the "Žalgiris" coach from Poland last week.
It is certain that the "Lech" hooligans will try to surpass the "march" of the Warsaw "Legia" team's fans in Vilnius. In 2007, they caused riots in the same stadium that was previously called the "Vėtra" stadium. The match was interrupted.
