– Stream on ESPN+: LaLiga, Bundesliga, more (US)<\/strong><\/p>\nCopenhagen is the king of tifo in Europe<\/h2>\n FC Copenhagen have established themselves as the unlikely leaders of the tifo scene during their Champions League campaign, with Danish fans putting on a selection of impressively choreographed performances ahead of their home matches.<\/p>\n
Copenhagen vs Rakow Czestochowa: Champions League qualifiers (August 30)<\/strong><\/p>\nCopenhagen kicked things off with a simple but undeniably effective performance against Polish opponent Rakow Czestochowa. Before the match, fans held their jerseys aloft in unison to create a huge monolithic white wall at Parken Stadium.<\/p>\n\nLars Ronbog\/FrontZoneSport via Getty Images<\/cite><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/aside>\nCopenhagen vs. Bayern Munich: Champions League (October 3)<\/strong><\/p>\nCopenhagen entered the group stage strongly with a full-fledged tifo deployed for their first home match against Bayern Munich. The large display, wide of the stand, featured a roaring lion with glowing red eyes and burning nostrils, with Bayern representatives depicted fleeing in terror.<\/p>\n\nLars Ronbog\/FrontZoneSport via Getty Images<\/cite><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/aside>\nCopenhagen v Manchester United: Champions League (November 8)<\/strong><\/p>\nThe next visitors were Manchester United who, in a play on their own home nickname, Old Trafford, were hosted at the 'Theater of Nightmares'. The tifo showed United's Red Devil mascot dreaming of defeat in Denmark as fearsome pyrotechnics were unleashed above. Sure enough, the Premier League giants suffered a shock 4-3 defeat.<\/p>\n\nMaja Hitij\/Getty Images<\/cite><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/aside>\nUltraculture<\/h2>\n Tifos are designed and created by the most fervent elements of a club's supporters. It is therefore not surprising that they are often used to celebrate their own contribution to their team or to intimidate visiting fans as well as the opposition on the pitch.<\/p>\n
Lens vs PSV Eindhoven: Champions League (October 24)<\/strong><\/p>\nThe Lensois ultras paid tribute to each other by creating a giant scarf (with hands holding it) which stretched across the entire width of a stand at the Stade Bollaert-Delelis.<\/p>\n\nIsosport\/MB Media\/Getty Images<\/cite><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/aside>\nParis Saint-Germain vs AC Milan: Champions League (October 25)<\/strong><\/p>\nThe PSG ultras unveiled a giant tifo in front of the traveling Milan contingent, which featured an image of French actor Jean-Paul Belmondo in his iconic role as a secret agent in “the professional<\/em>“, aiming at a giant red and black devil standing at the far end of the stadium.<\/p>\n\nNicol\u00f4 Campo\/LightRocket via Getty Images<\/cite><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/aside>\n\nXavier Lain\u00e9\/Getty Images<\/cite><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/aside>\nAC Milan vs Paris Saint-Germain: Champions League (November 7)<\/strong><\/p>\nMilan then responded a fortnight later in the second leg at San Siro by erecting a massive effigy of Neo from the Matrix franchise stopping Belmondo's bullets in mid-air.<\/p>\n\nJonathan Moscrop\/Getty Images<\/cite><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/aside>\nMarseille vs AEK Athens: Europa League (October 26)<\/strong><\/p>\nAn unusual sense of camaraderie reigned at the Stade V\u00e9lodrome as die-hard Marseille fans extended a hand of friendship to their Greek counterparts via a tifo which showed the two groups of ultras linking up in a friendly embrace.<\/p>\n\nCL\u00c9MENT MAHOUDEAU\/AFP via Getty Images<\/cite><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/aside>\nAC Milan vs. Borussia Dortmund: Champions League (November 28)<\/strong><\/p>\nThe ultras posted on the Milan field South curve<\/em> They formally introduced themselves to their German guests when Dortmund arrived at San Siro at the end of November.<\/p>\n\nMarco Luzzani\/Getty Images<\/cite><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/aside>\nGalatasaray vs Manchester United: Champions League (November 29)<\/strong><\/p>\nWith Manchester United in town, Galatasaray revisited a classic by decorating the Ali Sami Yen Stadium with a huge lion, the European Cup and the infamous motto “Welcome to Hell”, a reference to a sign held up in the tune by the crowd when United played at the Gala. on the same ground in 1993, in an extremely hostile atmosphere. On this occasion, the Turkish club earned a 0-0 draw to eliminate United from Europe. This time they came from behind twice to seal a 3-3 draw which could well help United suffer the same fate.<\/p>\n\nMurat Karadag\/Anadolu via Getty Images<\/cite><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/aside>\nToulouse vs Union St.-Gilloise: Europa League (November 30)<\/strong><\/p>\nPyro hour was inaugurated at the Stade de Toulouse by the ultras' skeletal cheerleader, who first ordered purple flags to be waved before signaling the start of a mass flare along the terraces .<\/p>\n
HJK Helsinki vs. Aberdeen: Europa Conference League (November 30)<\/strong><\/p>\nThe brave souls who support HJK braved the subzero temperatures in Helsinki to unfurl a huge tifo representing a selection of their club legends, all roaring around the current team with a megaphone.<\/p>\n\nRoss MacDonald\/SNS Group via Getty Images<\/cite><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/aside>\nAberdeen's traveling supporters, however, made their presence felt. The match was briefly stopped early in the second half as they threw snowballs onto the pitch, and soon after the Dons scored the equalizer to seal a 2\u20132 draw.<\/p>\n