Besiktas prevent their fans from attending Bayern tie

Fans from Turkey have a reputation of causing trouble in Europe, so in a forward-thinking move, Besiktas decided not to sell any tickets for Tuesday's away clash with Bayern to avoid any potential trouble.

The Superlig outfit were handed a suspended ban last season following fights between their set of fans and Lyon's during a Europa League fixture and would have to serve a two-year ban from all European competition if they ran into a similar incident, which is why they have chosen to take the aforementioned decision.

As a result, their Bundesliga opposition has opted to sell tickets in the away sections to their own supporters as they still hope for the game to sell out. Although they will keep a close eye on Besiktas fans trying to gain entry into the stadium through resale tickets to keep trouble at a minimum. 

It could mean the first leg is an extremely tough fixture for Besiktas as they look set to face a daunting wall of Bayern colours and chants but at least the return leg will be in Turkey at the Vodafone Arena in March.