Dinamo Bucharest fans pull off one of the biggest pranks in football as they unveil mosaic of their name at rivals Steaua's ground
Steaua Bucharest's stadium display before Tuesday's Champions League match against Emirates Marketing Project was sabotaged by rival supporters in what has been called one of the biggest pranks in football history.
Undercover Dinamo Bucharest fans planned the prank perfectly. They placed coloured vests on the chairs in a section of the stands at the 55,634-seat National Arena in the Romanian capital and unsuspecting fans put them on just before kick-off.
Instead of displaying a message celebrating Steaua's 1986 win, theirs said: 'Doar Dinamo Bucharest' (Only Dinamo Bucharest) in the red-and-white colours of Dinamo
The prank message is clear to be seen in the stands ahead of kick off
This is how the mosaic was supposed to look - a celebration of the European Cup win over Barcelona in 1986
Steaua's owner Gigi Becali, 58, had wanted to put in place a special fan choreography right before kick-off in order to honour his team's European Cup final win in 1986 against Barcelona.
It was their first-ever European trophy and to commemorate the occasion, Becali had reportedly met with a specialised company from Germany.
But as it turns out, the 'Germans' were in fact undercover die-hard Dinamo fans who had somehow managed to convince Becali that the owner of their company was Romanian and a huge Steaua fan.
According to local media, they showed him images of one of their choreographies at German Bundesliga matches, which they said they had organised. They had also apparently managed to make him believe they were involved in organising a recent Rihanna concert in Bucharest.
Football analysts in local media called it one of the biggest pranks to have been done in football fan history. It also comes just before Saturday's Steaua-Dinamo derby match in the Romanian league, which now looks set to have even more animosity and tension.
And to compound the misery of Steaua fans, their team were given a mauling by the Premier League giants Emirates Marketing Project, who beat them 5-0 - despite their star striker Sergio Aguero, 28, missing two penalties.
Steaua owner Gigi Becali has denied the reports claiming that he paid for the choreography. He was quoted as saying: 'They were just some guys who did the choreography for free. I told them to do it. Do you think I care about their prank?'
