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Schalke's sporting director Horst Heldt has confirmed that a group of ticketless Galatasaray fans were caught trying to burrow into their stadium using their bare hands ahead of Tuesday's Champions League match.

With the away section heavily oversubscribed and tickets trading hands at prices of up to €1,000 before kick-off, the group resorted to desperate measures, trying to dig through frozen ground under a perimeter fence.

Heldt confirmed the incident before the game, which ended with a 4-3 aggregate victory for the Turkish club, saying: "Yes, that's right. Some supporters have tried to dig a tunnel with their bare hands."

Galatasaray, featuring Didier Drogba up front, won the game 3-2, with Hamit Altintop scoring a stunning 30-yard goal to set them on the way. The Germans dominated the closing stages, but Umut Bulut snatched a win for the visitors in injury time.