Uefa announced the punishment against the Russia Football Union (RFU) on Tuesday after fans charged and attacked England supporters following the two nations’ 1-1 draw at the Stade Velodrome on Saturday night.
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Many hooligans have little interest in the games and will not care if Uefa disqualifies them, he added and estimated about 150 of Russia’s “strongest” hooligans flew to Marseille for the day for the England-Russia match.
UEFA says Russia’s “disqualification is suspended until the end of the tournament”. Such suspension will be lifted if incidents of a similar nature [crowd disturbances] happen inside the stadium at any of the remaining matches of the Russian team during the tournament.
The bus was traveling to Lille, for Russia-Slovakia match that is going to take place in the city as part of the Euro-2016 tournament on June 15.
Answering an urgent question in the Commons on Tuesday, Theresa May said British police officers known as “spotters” who are trained to identify troublemakers have been sent to France.
A French court here has sentenced two English fans to jail terms and banned them from entering France for the next two years.
POLICE in Lille have used teargas on England fans following scuffles in the city centre.
The far-right head of the Russian Supporters Union Alexander Shprygin said Tuesday that French riot police had stopped a bus carrying Russian fans in Mandelieu near Cannes.
“We are obviously concerned”, Mark Roberts, the head of soccer policing in Britain, told The Associated Press next to the fan zone in Lille.
After running street battles between England and Russian Federation fans around Saturday’s group stage encounter, there are fears of further fighting as both sets of supporters now converge on Lille.
‘The police are making up for their mistakes three days ago.
“Supporters were able to get in with fireworks and flares, and then let them off, and there was insufficient segregation between the Russian and English fans”, Dyke said.
If there is further trouble involving England fans when they arrive, it is thought that Wales supporters will form an alliance against the Russians.
The checks come after the English Football Association (FA) expressed concern that France was not doing enough to crack down on Russian hooligans following the mass fighting between English and Russian supporters in Marseille on Saturday.
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“We have strengthened the safety systems on the inside of the (Lens) stadium”, said Buccio, the state prefect for the northern Pas-de-Calais region.
