Fans responsible for causing trouble in Portugal ahead of Englands Nations League semi-final have been labelled an embarrassment to the team by the Football Association.There was trouble in Porto for a second consecutive night as riot police clashed with fans.Some supporters are believed to have thrown bottles at Portugal fans who were watching their team take on Switzerland in the same area.@talkSPORTDrive1
Heres the scene in central Porto where England fans have clashed with police. @DGoughie tells us whats going on pic.twitter.com/OdQaLr2Nmd— talkSPORT (@talkSPORT) June 5, 2019It read: The FA strongly condemns the scenes witnessed in Porto overnight. Anyone responsible for these disturbances cannot be seen as true England supporters and are not welcome in football.They are an embarrassment to the team and the thousands of well-behaved fans who follow England in the right way. We are liaising with the UK Football Policing Unit. Deputy Chief Constable Mark Roberts, National Police Chiefs Council Football Policing lead said: Earlier this evening Portuguese police deployed riot officers against a group of England fans in the Main Square area of Porto.It is believed the fans had been throwing bottles at Portugal fans who were watching the match in the same area.This is the second evening in a row where disorder has occurred in Porto.
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Met a couple who follow England everywhere tonight who left the ground at HT because England fans were singing abusive songs and being offensive.— Max Rushden (@maxrushden) June 5, 2019talkSPORTs Adrian Durham and Darren Gough are in Porto ahead of the England match and have witnessed the crowd trouble first hand.They tweeted pictures and video from the scene on Wednesday night. Many fans could be seen goading police officers with car windows reportedly smashed, roads forced to be closed and abusive songs sung.The worst of the incidents occurred in the large fan zone in Liberdade Square when trouble flared following Cristiano Ronaldos opening goal for Portugal.The FA had warned fans ahead of the trip to Portugal and posted a campaign urging them ‘don’t be that idiot’.
England fans in Porto labelled an 'embarrassment' as police fight with supporters ahead of Nations League semi-final Bottles were reportedly thrown at police, car windows smashed and abusive
England fans clash with police in Portugal ahead of Nations
Fans responsible for causing trouble in Portugal ahead of England's Nations League semi-final have been labelled an 'embarrassment to the team' by the Football Association. There was trouble in Porto for a second consecutive night as riot police clashed with fans.
England fans clash with police in Portugal ahead of Nations
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England football fans and police have clashed in Portugal ahead of Thursday's Nations League semi-final against the Netherlands. Video on social media showed police, holding batons and riot shields, chasing supporters as Portugal's semi-final against Switzerland was screened in a fan zone in the centre of Porto.
England fans clash with police in Portugal ahead of Nations
England football fans and police have clashed in Portugal ahead of Thursday's Nations League semi-final against the Netherlands. Video on social media showed police, holding batons and riot shields, chasing supporters as Portugal's semi-final against Switzerland was screened in a fan zone in the centre of Porto.
England fans clash with police in Portugal ahead of Nations League semi-final Football Association condemns behaviour of England fans involved in trouble in Porto and calls them "an embarrassment
England fans in Porto labelled an 'embarrassment' as police
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England fans in Porto labelled an 'embarrassment' as police
England fans in Porto labelled an 'embarrassment' as police fight with supporters ahead of Nations League semi-final Fans responsible for causing trouble in Portugal ahead of England's Nations League semi-final have been labelled an 'embarrassment to the team' by the talkSPORT 3 days ago
England fans clash with police in Portugal ahead of Nations
England fans in Porto labelled an 'embarrassment' as police
Uefa Nations League: England fan violence in Porto labelled 'an embarrassment' by the FA. Eyewitnesses said some fans started hurling bottles at Potuguese fans as well as police
Uefa Nations League: England fan violence in Porto labelled
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The Football Association has called the fans involved in disturbances in Porto an "embarrassment" to the England team. The Three Lions' preparations for Thursday's Nations League semi-final with Holland in Guimaraes have been overshadowed by another night of disruption in nearby Porto.
Portugal police monitoring hooligans during Nations League
England football fans and police have clashed in Portugal ahead of Thursday's Nations League semi-final against the Netherlands. Video on social media showed police, holding batons and riot
Uefa Nations League: England fan violence in Porto labelled
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