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England and Germany fans clash in Düsseldorf after hosts’ Euro 2024 exit

The Düsseldorf Arena
The Düsseldorf Arena will host England’s quarter-final against Switzerland on Saturday. Photograph: Clive Mason/Getty Images

England and Germany fans were involved in clashes in Düsseldorf on Friday night, according to reports.

Video footage obtained by the Daily Mail shows a group of England fans outside a bar in the city, taunting nearby Germany supporters about their side’s exit and singing “Germans going home”.

A brief scuffle then broke out between a handful of people, who aimed punches and kicks at each other, with some objects thrown before the Germany fans appeared to move away.

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Thousands of England supporters are in the German city for Saturday’s Euro 2024 quarter-final with Switzerland. The host nation’s tournament ended with an extra-time defeat by Spain in Stuttgart earlier on Friday.

The PA news agency has contacted police in Düsseldorf for comment.

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