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Jon Brady

Seville clean-up underway as broken glass and mountains of rubbish litter streets

A huge clean-up operation is underway in Seville following Rangers' heartbreaking defeat to Eintracht Frankfurt - after fans littered the city with broken glass and crushed cans.

Scenes from the city centre in the aftermath of the historic Europa League clash show rubbish strewn across the streets.

Football fans left a mountain of rubbish in their wake (Twitter)

The streets of Seville were left strewn with litter (Twitter)

Seville's municipal authority began a gargantuan clean-up effort immediately after fans began to return home after midnight - deploying litter-pickers, street sweepers and tanker lorries equipped with power washers to drench the streets clean.

Last night, grief-stricken Teddy Bears began pouring out of the Ramon Jiminez Pizjuan stadium following Aaron Ramsey's penalty miss that put an end to the team's Europa League hopes.

Few considered stopping to drown their sorrows on the way home, with many heading straight back to their hotels and rented apartments.

Seville embarked on a huge clean-up operation after the Europa League final (Daily Record)

It was a marked contrast to the scenes in the Andalusian capital's Plaza Alameda de Hercules earlier on Wednesday, where amped-up Light Blues followers partied their hearts out as pre-match fever set in.

While the scene was noisy and rowdy, police maintained the hands-off presence they have exhibited throughout the week.

The few confrontations between fans and cops in the hours before the match were isolated and quickly defused.

But Spanish cops have not reported any significant trouble overnight despite isolated clashes between Rangers fans and German ultras earlier on Wednesday and on Tuesday night.

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