Dinamo Bucharest fans pull off one of the biggest pranks in football as they unveil mosaic of their name at rivals Steauas groundBy JAMES ANDREW FOR MAILONLINE PUBLISHED: 13:06 BST, 17 August 2016 | UPDATED: 17:04 BST, 17 August 2016

Steaua Bucharests stadium display before Tuesdays Champions League match against Manchester City was sabotaged by rival supporters in what has been called one of the biggest pranks in football history.Undercover Dinamo Bucharest fans planned the prank perfectly. They placed coloured vests on the chairs in a section of the stands at the 55,634-seat National Arena in the Romanian capital and unsuspecting fans put them on just before kick-off.Instead of displaying a message celebrating Steauas 1986 win, theirs said: Doar Dinamo Bucharest (Only Dinamo Bucharest) in the red-and-white colours of Dinamo.+4

Dinamo Bucharest fans hijacked  the pre-match text in the stand to says doar Dinamo Bucurestis which translates as only Dinamo Bucharest+4

The prank message is clear to be seen in the stands ahead of kick off 

This is how the mosaic was supposed to look - a celebration of the European Cup win over Barcelona in 1986Steauas owner Gigi Becali, 58, had wanted to put in place a special fan choreography right before kick-off in order to honour his teams European Cup final 

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But as it turns out, the Germans were in fact undercover die-hard Dinamo fans who had somehow managed to convince Becali that the owner of their company was Romanian and a huge Steaua fan.+4

Manchester City got the better of Steaua Bucharest and ran out 5-0 winners in the first legAccording to local media, they showed him images of one of their choreographies at German Bundesliga matches, which they said they had organised. They had also apparently managed to make him believe they were involved in organising a recent Rihanna concert in Bucharest.Football analysts in local media called it one of the biggest pranks to have been done in football fan history. It also comes just before Saturdays Steaua-Dinamo derby match in the Romanian league, which now looks set to have even more animosity and tension.One Direction perform at Manchesters Etihad StadiumLoaded: 0%Progress: 0%0:52PreviousPauseSkipMuteCurrent Time0:52/Duration Time1:48FullscreenNeed TextAnd to compound the misery of Steaua fans, their team were given a mauling by the Premier League giants Manchester City, who beat them 5-0 - despite their star striker Sergio Aguero, 28, missing two penalties.Steaua owner Gigi Becali has denied the reports claiming that he paid for the choreography. He was quoted as saying: They were just some guys who did the choreography for free. I told them to do it. Do you think I care about their prank?