
It comes as
thousands of English and Russian supporters travel to Lille, in northern
France, for their second games of the tournament.
Last night
several hundred English and Russian fans squared off in Marseille, hurling beer
bottles and chairs and drawing volleys of tear gas from riot police who
struggled to contain the fighting in the narrow streets of the Old Port
district.
Inside
Marseille's Stade Vélodrome the Balaclava-clad Russian thugs - wearing gum
shields and mixed martial arts gloves and wielding telescopic truncheons - then
charged at their English counterparts at the final whistle - as well as firing
a flare gun into the England fans.

Russian fans
then paraded the English flags they had stolen as trophies in a square in
Marseille.
In a
statement UEFA said: 'Such unacceptable behaviour by so-called supporters of
the national teams of England and Russia has no place in football, a sport we
must protect and defend.

'We urge
both the FA and the RFS to appeal to their supporters to behave in a
responsible and respectful manner.
'We would
also like to publicly voice our support for the work of the French authorities
and security forces for their efforts to deliver a safe and secure tournament
in challenging circumstances.'
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