Despite UEFA threatening to ban Russia and England from the EURO 2016 tournament if fan violence continues, dozens of Russian fans attacked English and Welsh fans chanting yesterday in Lille, France.
The brawl happened in the early hours of Tuesday after England fans had left a nearby pub in the Northern French city just hours after UEFA threatened both nations with a ban.
The fight which started in the morning, later continued at night.
Before the brawl resulted into throwing of punches, English and Welsh fans could be heard chanting 'we're England and Wales, f*** off Russia, we're England and Wales', along with 'We hate Russia', while Russian fans wore anti-Euro/ anti-British shirts with one fan inscribing 'Tour de France' and 'f**k Euro 2016 on the front - complete with a map of the host nation.
French police dressed in plain clothes had to use pepper spray to disperse the fighters.
Coincidentally, Russia, England and Wales are all in the same group at EURO 2016.
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