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Some mobile phone footage from Thursday night's brawl in MarseilleIt's almost naff, this sort of display. Like a retro version of what you'd imagine elderly Europeans think all British people are like, stuck in a 1980s hooliganism time warp where only the words in the chants have been updated to account for ISIS and Brexit. Last night's little conflict wasn't even as bad as Thursday's, where two Brits were arrested, and mostly seems to stem from the culture shock English fans experienced when the French police reacted with more force to their drunken shouting. Heavy-handed as the tear gas may have been, law enforcement in France are understandably on edge given the year they've had.
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