Two Russian fans were each slapped with a two-year ban from watching football in Poland for ignoring requests by security personnel at their side’s Euro 2012 opener with the Czech Republic, police said yesterday.
“The ban was imposed Sunday by a court in Wroclaw against a 27-year-old man and a 41-year-old woman,” police spokesman Kamil Rynkiewicz said, adding that the pair must also pay a 2,000-zloty (€460) fine.
Four other Russia fans were held in police custody in Wroclaw yesterday on suspicion of having taken part in restaurant brawl on the night of the Group A match on Friday, which Russia won 4-1.
Meanwhile in Poznan, western Poland, where Ireland played Croatia last night, police said they had detained 14 fans, including 10 Poles, four Irishmen and one Croat after an overnight smash-up in the city’s historic central square.
Police were still trying to identify and detain Russia fans who beat up four Polish stewards at the ground on Friday.