Those who did sit in the right-hand part of the stand were supposed to declare which team, if either, they supported. Tickets for the right-hand half of the end were not sold through the English FA but instead through Euro 2016 organisers and were available to anyone from any country who applied. The Virage Sud end of the Stade Vélodrome, which holds about 14,000 fans, was divided in half between the official Russian allocation (on the left-hand side), and the rest. On Saturday, the majority of those fans who were in that A firework explosion appeared to be a signal for a group of Russia fans to take their shirts off to reveal black T-shirts, while some also donned masks Jack Hill/The TimesWhy were fans so close to each other?

Source: The Times June 12, 2016 22:07 UTC