BELGRADE - Galatasaray beat Red Star Belgrade 74-65 in a Euroleague match marked by several bizarre incidents including the home fans throwing legs of pork towards the Turkish side's players shortly before the emotionally-charged clash.

The match was played under tight security with hundreds of riot police deployed in and around the Kombank Arena after a Red Star supporter was killed in Istanbul on Nov. 21 several hours before the two teams met.

Crvena Zvezda (Red Star) Belgrade supporters hold banners, reading "You live" in the memory of a supporter killed in Istanbul last November. Credit:Andrej Isakovic

Having rolled down a huge banner with 25-year old Marko Ivkovic's image from the venue's ceiling, 20,000 Red Star supporters produced as many cards declaring "You live on".

One of the fans, wearing traditional local clothes, then played a medieval Serb battle song with an acoustic fiddle before several others threw frozen pork legs which waywardly landed at the feet of the Red Star players warming up.