CSKA Moscow fans attack a Zenit fan during the national championship soccer match Saturday in Moscow. (Tikhon Danin/AP)Manchester United warned fans who travel to Russia for the team’s Europa League game this week not to wear the team’s colors and to “stay in groups” for fear of attracting violence. “It is also advised you stay in groups where possible, and do not walk around the city alone. That is less than a third of the 900 fans who made the trip to Odessa for the Group A win against Zorya Luhansk last December. [Manchester United reportedly paying $150 Russian visa fees for fans to attend Europa League match]Euro 2016 was marred by clashes before the game between Russia and England last June, with organized groups of Russian fans fighting English fans in Marseille and fears that hooliganism will intensify with next year’s World Cup in Russia led Russian lawmaker Igor Lebedev to propose making it a legal, spectator sport.

Source: Washington Post March 07, 2017 14:12 UTC