German riot cops clash with football fans in violent scenes before Serbia and Denmark’s 0-0 Euro 2024 draw in Munich

GERMAN riot cops clashed with football fans in violent scenes before Serbia and Denmark’s 0-0 Euro 2024 draw in Munich.

There were shocking scenes as riot police confronted a large number of fans gathered inside a bar in Munich before tonight’s game.

Reuters

Bottles fly through the air at police[/caption]

Reuters

Ugly scenes in the square[/caption]

Reuters

Some fans attempted to force the police back[/caption]

Flares appeared to be hurled at riot police during the encounter before the Euro 2024 fixture.

Footage posted on social media shows riot police making an arrest, and forcing back fans who tried to intervene.

The ground was littered with broken glass and other debris.

Some of the footage appeared to show a confrontation between fans adorning Serbia flags and police in a square.

The game ended in a goalless draw and saw Denmark progress to the final stages of the tournament.

England also progressed to the final stages of the Euros after winning the group.

Some fans expressed disappointment with England drab draw with Slovenia .

Trouble flared before England’s Euros curtain raiser against Serbia .

Sources at the scene said a group of yobs appeared to have started chaos in a restaurant near the venue city of Gelsenkirchen five hours before kick-off.

Police at the scene said they believed the English had started the trouble – but English fans blamed the Serbs.

Cops later confirmed that six Serbs had been arrested but there were no English arrests.

Trouble centred on the Aleppo Restaurant in Arminstrasse, where the scene was littered with smashed glass, bottles and debris minutes after the clash.

A source said: “All that’s confirmed at the moment is that English fans were definitely involved.”