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| Four England football fans have been beaten up in Moscow ahead of the Euro 2008 qualifying match with Russia, the Foreign Office has said. | Four England football fans have been beaten up in Moscow ahead of the Euro 2008 qualifying match with Russia, the Foreign Office has said. |
| A spokesman said two of the fans - among 4,000 in the city - had been treated and released and the two others were expected to leave hospital later. | |
| None of the supporters are thought to have suffered serious injuries. | None of the supporters are thought to have suffered serious injuries. |
| A total of 6,000 police officers will be stationed around the stadium on Wednesday to prevent crowd trouble. | A total of 6,000 police officers will be stationed around the stadium on Wednesday to prevent crowd trouble. |
| According to police in Moscow, officers are now guarding the hotel where many of the England fans are staying. | |
| Crucial game | |
| Moscow deputy police chief Yevgeny Gildeyev told the AFP news agency that five clashes between Russians and England fans had been reported on Tuesday night. | |
| He said five Britons had been hospitalised with "various injuries" and a 25-year-old Moscow resident had been arrested suspected of being involved in one of the beatings. | |
| He also appealed for supporters not to antagonise each other. | |
| "We appeal both to Russian and English supporters not to show any inappropriate behaviour towards each other, either inside or outside the stadium," he said. | |
| The authorities have prepared a massive security operation to try to prevent violence in and around the Luzhniki stadium. | |
| England need a draw to go through to the final stage of the tournament next year while Russia need to win to progress. | |
| Russia has some of the most feared football fans in Europe and a problem with organised hooliganism. | |
| When Russia lost to Japan in the 2002 World Cup football fans rioted in the centre of Moscow, burning cars and smashing shop windows. Two people were killed. |