However, what happened during the match will be overshadowed by the fan violence before and after.
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The man, in his 50s, received a number of blows to the head leaving him in a critical condition. Police in the Mediterranean port city fired tear gas and water cannons at rioters.
“There has been tear gas thrown by police and fans throwing bottles at the police”.
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England’s supporters did not retaliate, and there are reports of fans being kicked and punched before they were able to break away. Sportsmail witnessed one being hit on the head with a flying bottle and knocked unconscious.
Al Jazeera footage of one incident shows a man smashing a chair against another man, who then fell off a concrete flight of steps.
Roy Hodgson’s side was the second-youngest to appear for England at a major tournament, only surpassed in terms of its youth by the team that faced Sweden at the 2002 World Cup.
England fans cheered when Kane put the ball in the net but an offside flag ensured celebrations were half-hearted and brief. Police tried to force the crowds back using muffled attack dogs.
On Friday there were nine arrests and a handful of minor injuries as riot police, out in huge numbers, seemed content to corral the various factions to areas where they could control them and rarely intervened even when large groups were chasing each other around the town in the early hours.
After the tear gas was released, the police restored calm to the area at about 02:30 local time.
England drew their UEFA Euro 2016 opener 1-1 against Russian Federation on Saturday, as Vasili Berezutski scored a late equaliser to earn his side a point.
When asked whether he thought the group of 250 was French or Russian he said he didn’t know. A busy road was operating until early afternoon when police stopped traffic from either direction as it was impossible to get through the masses.
What started as seven police vans – with officers handing out baguettes to each other at midday – turned into 14 and eventually more than 20 stretched from one end of the port to the other.
“It’s been a long, hot day of violence here in Marseille”, he said.
With only a sheet of blue tarpaulin between them, Russian Federation fans charged at their England counterparts – men, women and children alike – who fled for the exits in scenes which shame the game.
The police have been criticised for their heavy-handed tactics in dealing with the outbreaks.
“The FA is very disappointed by the bad scenes that we saw there and of course condemns such behavior”, said FA spokesman Mark Whittle, adding that the body was calling on French authorities “to identify those involved in the troubles and deal with them appropriately and quickly”. We are now working with French police to identify supporters who have be involved.
Violence had already broken out prior to the match, with some wielding cafe tables as weapons, in a third day of violence in the narrow streets leading off Marseille’s old port.
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