I would very much like Germany to concede late as did we.

Every team in the tournament so far winning by the odd goal, Now watch the Germans win 3/4-0.

Or not !

Or not !

Ukraine have been a tad unlucky at times

https://twitter.com/picchiodibrutto/status/742091786047344640

 

Schwein still got it. Have to say Ozil just keeps assisting.

That's that then, another entertaining game!

Or not !

Or yes

https://twitter.com/picchiodibrutto/status/742091786047344640

Ruthless

Pretty shocking. Can imagine the Russian hooligans being like Ivan Drago from Rocky.

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Russian hooligans warned England fans were 'too old, fat and drunk' too put up a fight against them as tensions explode on the streets of Marseille.

Prior to the violent scenes developing in Southern French port city, ahead of England and Russia's group clash tomorrow night, one self-confessed hooligan from Anti UEFA Mafia Russia warned England supporters: 'In terms of football violence, Russia is the undisputed leader across the whole of Europe.

'If the English are aggressive or try to fight - we think they will be very drunk instead - they will get a response twice as strong.'

Roman, a lawyer when he is not an ultra, warned: 'We don't really care about what they think about us in England and in Europe in general. Some think that we drink vodka with bears, others - that we run around with an AK-47.

'We don't give a sh*t about what Europe thinks about us, but we all know that everyone - and everywhere - is afraid of Russians.

'Not so long ago I read some publication that arguably crowds of Russians are preparing to go to Euro and kill English fans.

'Honestly, there is some interest in the English but no one considers them real competitors for a long time now.

'They're too old, fat and drunk.

'All Russian hooligans are more interested in Poles, Croats, Swedes.

'These are our real competitors, who will be interesting to fight with. And the English... well, they'll come, get drunk, and will be beaten up, they'll lose their banners, and leave.'

He said: 'I am personally most interested in two games, us with the English, and Ukraine against Poland.

'First I'll try to support my national team and pull the English around Marseille, and then will go to support our Ukrainian brothers against the Polish whores.

'As much as it is surprising, given our [country's] relations with Ukraine, for me they remain brothers.'

He said many hooligans had been banned from travelling by the FSB.

'Our numbers won't be that big.

'But despite the number of hooligans, we will be able to fight against anyone.'

Very sad, majority of them need mental support, what the f*ck is wrong with them? They are stuck in the 80's.

Edited June 12, 201610 yr by Floyd25

Schwein still got it. Have to say Ozil just keeps assisting.

To be honest, Ozil was abysmal whole match long. 

Following events in Marseille ahead of, and after, England's opening Euro 2016 game against Russia on Saturday the FSF has issued the following statement:

 

In Marseille, England fans were subjected to numerous pre-planned, organised and brutal attacks on several occasions in the days preceding the game against Russia, in the stadium itself, and after the match.

 

Dozens of England fans have been injured, some seriously. Many more, including women and children, have been affected by tear gas or water cannons deployed by the police. It has meant for many a very unpleasant beginning to what should be a thoroughly enjoyable carnival of football.

 

With a few honourable exceptions, the knee-jerk first response of many in the media and in politics has been once again to cast blame on us, lazily or to suit their own agenda falling back on out-of-date stereotypes about English hooligans abroad.

Whatever the history – and there has been plenty in years gone by which earned us a negative reputation – this time, those accusations are wide of the mark.

 

We’re not claiming that all England supporters are angels. While the big majority of us come and party in the real spirit of football, making new friends as we go, there are still a number among us who drink maybe more than is wise, or who sing songs that aren’t to everyone’s taste. But what we can say with confidence is that to the best of our knowledge, none of the many violent incidents that took place in Marseille during our time there were initiated by England fans.

 

We have witnessed groups coming together – sometimes Russian hooligans, sometimes Marseille ultras, sometimes simply gangs of local youths – with the deliberate aim of attacking England fans eating and drinking in and outside bars and restaurants or making our way to the game. Some of them have been tooled up, some of them have had their faces masked, but all of them have been intent on starting trouble and initiating violence.

 

The attacks have often been brutal, and in that context, we can hardly condemn those England fans who were left with little option but to defend themselves and in some cases their families. But of course those are often the images that end up on TV and are used out of context to demonise England fans. The media talk of “clashes” between fans, as if there were two groups determined to confront each other. That wasn’t what happened here.

 

These were cowardly attacks on groups that included families, on innocent people minding their own business and trying to enjoy the tournament. That kind of behaviour and its perpetrators have no place in football, and it’s with these people that the blame for the Marseille events clearly belongs.

 

That these attacks were allowed to happen at all raises crucial questions about the role of the French police. Surely the first responsibility of a police force in a country hosting a tournament is to make sure that those who have come to enjoy it can do so in safety, protected of course as far as possible from terrorism, but also from attacks by local thugs or visiting hooligans?

 

And yet we have witnessed these groups come together to prepare their assaults on crowds of fans while the police watch and let it happen. If they can see a potential problem developing before their eyes, why do they do nothing to stop them getting near their target?

 

Time after time, the first intervention of the French police has been to use tear gas and then water cannons. It’s in the nature of tear gas that it doesn’t discriminate between perpetrators and passers-by, between attackers and victims, and it often lands when the villains of the piece have already run off – leaving those who have just been attacked or in the vicinity with eyes stinging and streaming, and struggling to breathe.

 

The other consequence of this police approach is that while it may look dramatic and effective, with people running for cover, it actually leaves the hooligans free to fight again another day. None of them are arrested, they get to slope off and re-group ready for their next assault, or to travel to their next venue.

All the trouble on the streets of Marseille was then followed by the appalling scenes inside the ground at the end of the game: illegal pyrotechnics, a huge banger, political and far-right flags, and then finally the frontal assault on England fans in the adjacent blocks – a neutral sector containing also French fans and many family groups. All of it entirely unacceptable.

 

At Euro 2000, the England team were threatened with exclusion from the tournament because of the behaviour of our fans – and yet the problems we admittedly did generate then were small beer compared to what has unfolded with the Russian hooligans over the last few days.

 

We opposed the expulsion of England from Euro 2000 on the grounds that to expel the team would be to punish the majority of fans as much, and arguably even more, that the guilty minority – and we would argue the same principle applies to any threat to expel Russia from the tournament now. Any sanction should isolate and punish the perpetrators; the majority of fans are part of the solution, not the problem.

 

One significant difference however is that after Euro 2000 and that expulsion threat, there was a concerted effort in England, involving everyone across the game including government, police, the FA and fans’ organisations, to address the problems that we had. This resulted among other things in new laws and the creation of football banning orders, and it worked: the result has been, over time, a huge improvement in the behaviour and reputation of England fans, which has seen us rightly praised on more than one occasion for our contribution to a tournament’s atmosphere.  

 

If Russia wants to be taken seriously as a football nation, competing in and indeed even hosting major international tournaments, then surely there has to be some serious action taken within Russia to stop their thug element carrying out these cowardly violent attacks? As things stand now, the prospect of a World Cup in Russia looks less appealing than ever.

 

Maybe that’s for the future. But now, with immediate effect, we need the French authorities to ensure that England fans are able to enjoy Euro 2016 in the carnival mood at which we excel, safe from aggression and encouraged to party.

 

 

 

 

http://www.fsf.org.uk/latest-news/view/fsf-statement-attacks-on-english-fans-in-marseille-euro2016

A very well worded statement from FSF. I hope the authorities read it.

At this rate I'll be surprised if there isn't at least one death by the end. It sounds like the police severely underestimated how many hooligans there would be.

Well done the FSF with that statement.

Hopefully Belgium v Italy tonight is a good game.

Miss it was working a 3pm - 10pm shift today.

Will watch the highlights when I get home.

At this rate I'll be surprised if there isn't at least one death by the end. It sounds like the police severely underestimated how many hooligans there would be.

I believe one yong, English chap was pursued by Russians and is now missing, hospital police stations confirm he is not with them. Let's hope he's found soon, safe and well.

Edit, he's been found safe and well!

Edited June 13, 201610 yr by Droogba

Hodgson's hit back at Bale lol tbh I think Bale was right. What he said was spot on but I do think he probably should have kept it to himself.

Seriously though.. How bad was Harry Kane the other night..

Seriously though.. How bad was Harry Kane the other night..

He looks like a player that's had a long season. What worries me is Woy couldn't see what everyone else could with Kane on Sat. Not saying he shouldn't start the next game but he should have been subbed. He was a liability on Sat.

Should be easy enough to look at the footage and identify all the hooligans...English...Russian and whoever.

Stadium bans for life and tear up their passports.

Apparently an Irish fan has died in Nice fell off a wall drunk....

Looking forward to this afternoon's game.

I'm stuck at work so will need to follow the text updates as the wifi in here is woeful.

Hate been at work when these tournaments are on. I'm still pissed off about Thursday's England vs Wales game been on at bloody 2pm

Strongest security?? I'd question that, I think France might need a hand from the Americans or Israeli's regarding security and terrorist preventing measures, If in these times fans can smuggle flare bombs into stadiums and jump into opposing fan sections then you know you're dealing with a fairly incompetent bunch.

 

I agree, but on paper it's the strongest. I think even military is involved.