Boisterous fun or potential riot - England fans gassed anyway (Reuters)

By Mitch Phillips MARSEILLE, France (Reuters) - Images of Robocop-style riot police amid clouds of tear gas to a backdrop of sirens and defiant chanting suggested Lille was in meltdown on Wednesday, yet some of those involved have suggested it was more of a cross-cultural misunderstanding. After three days of disorder in Marseille, when there were pockets of real violence involving England fans, much of it where they were the victims of Russian assaults, authorities were on high alert when both sets of supporters headed north for their next matches. Instead there was a stand-off that developed into something of a rolling cat-and-mouse chase between police and singing, drinking England fans.