“These are extremely well-trained people”.
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“We have offered to send further United Kingdom police to France ahead of the next England game to support the security operation around the match in Lens”.
Because of the problems, the French government has chose to ban alcohol in fan zones and other specific areas at the tournament.
51-year-old Andrew Bache was trapped in the chaos as Russian fans climbed the barricades separating them from England supporters following the two teams’ 1-1 draw on Saturday, with him being hit “multiple times” across the head with an iron bar.
“Uefa expresses its utter disgust at the violent clashes that occurred in the city center of Marseille, and its serious concern for the incidents at the end of the match inside Stade Velodrome”, it said in a statement.
But these thugs, start provoking the England fans in front of the pubs – “the place they originally planned to attack the British”.
Sickening scenes in Marseille involving English, Russian and French fans marred Saturday’s eagerly-anticipated Group B encounter at the Stade Velodrome.
Asked why no Russians faced a court hearing, the prosecutor said they had carried out lightning strikes which made arrests hard and that closed-circuit television was still being studied.
Russia, which will host the 2018 World Cup, has also been charged over fireworks being set off inside the ground.
European football’s governing body has not brought any charges against the Football Association in the aftermath of the violence. This is contradicted both by the video evidence and by the fact your independent disciplinary bodies have only instigated sanctions against the Russian Football Union.
But unlike Lebedev and Markin, Russian Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko is taking a more conciliatory line, admitting on Sunday that some of his compatriots had clearly come to Marseille to fight and their actions had “shamed” Russia.
“The Russians obviously are playing there the day before our game, so that puts the English, the Welsh, the Slovakians and the Russian fans, to a large extent, all in Lille on Wednesday”.
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The French forces have already been criticised over their handling of the crowds, but blame is being laid with England and Russian Federation who face being thrown out of the tournament.
