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Champions League | Round-of-16

Mar 12, 2013 at 7.45pm UK

Schalke Schalke 04
2-3
Galatasaray Galatasaray

Neustadter, Bastos

Altintop, Yilmaz, Amrabat

Galatasaray fans try to dig into training ground

By Danielle Joynson, Staff Reporter

Published: March 13 2013 | 14:32

Last updated: March 13 2013 | 17:34

Galatasaray fans dig into training ground

A group of Galatasaray supporters tried to dig their way into Schalke's training base to see their team.

A number of Galatasaray supporters tried to dig their way into a training base in Germany ahead of their team's Champions League victory over Schalke 04.

The group of fans are thought to have attempted to tunnel into the Veltins-Arena on Monday evening in a bid to see their favourite players train ahead of their 4-3 aggregate victory.

"It's true, after their final training session, our Turkish friends were caught trying to dig a way into the stadium through the frozen ground," the Daily Mail quotes Schalke's director of sport Horst Heldt as saying. "The stewards prevented them from doing so."

Galatasaray clinched the quarter-finals spot on the same night that Barcelona made history by defeating AC Milan 4-0 at Camp Nou.