Both teams have been threatened with expulsion from the competition if the violence seen in Marseille last week is repeated.
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The note of caution came as Uefa handed Russian Federation a suspended disqualification from the European championship for crowd disturbances in Marseille, meaning they could be kicked out if similar incidents occur.
After a match between Russian Federation and Slovakia ended in Lille earlier in the day, police chased large groups of English fans through the back streets around the city’s main railway station.
The UK group, some wearing football shirts, could be heard chanting “We’re England and Wales, f*** off Russia” as police and security staff tried to calm the situation.
Lille supermarkets were banned from selling alcohol from Tuesday evening until after the two games are finished.
Today (June 15) he heads to Lille for the next leg of the journey and despite constant reports about violence involving England fans, it has been a happy trip for this Glovers supporter so far. A game of cat-and-mouse, as England supporters moved on to gather elsewhere and sing defiantly at police, eventually broke up in the small hours as fans drifted off in anticipation of the game against Wales in Lens at 3 p.m. (1300 GMT) on Thursday.
The footage shows a man in a suit shouting “allez”, French for “go”, to hooded and masked fans posturing towards the England and Wales supporters outside Le Palais de la Biere bar next to the city’s Hotel Continental.
Police managed to initially separate the groups as more than 100 England fans were dispersed.
Some 43 Russian fans were detained after they were suspected of being involved in violent clashes in Marseille and the Stade Velodrome over the weekend.
“They ran off together, staying in a group and keeping enough energy for what they call “the fight”, he said at the trial of the Russians.
After an unexpectedly quiet night in Lille, Russian and Slovakian fans are gathering at the Stade Pierre Mauroy for Wednesday afternoon’s European Championship match while a legion of English and Welsh supporters are still in town.
Buccio said seven riot police units will be deployed in the stadium and 20 additional private security agents will also be present in the fan zones.
Mr Lavrov also lashed out at a French police operation which stopped a bus carrying Russian fans on Tuesday.
That followed a video plea from England captain Wayne Rooney and coach Roy Hodgson for fans to avoid putting their country’s participation in jeopardy.
Setting off a flare in the final 10 minutes of the game was the only notable example of misbehavior by Russian fans. British police said 13 Britons nationals were arrested and five were hospitalized. They told us we should be never seen with the flags here again.
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Dynamo Moscow fan Nikolai Morozov also received a 12 months sentence and Sergei Gorbachev, the director of a construction company in the central Russian city of Tula, received 18 months.
