England v Hungary: Crowd trouble early on in Wembley qualifier

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Early in the game, fans clashed with police and stewards

In the first minutes of Tuesday's World Cup qualifier against England, Hungary fans clashed with police.

Their nearly 1,000 fans, many wearing black T-shirts from Hungary's ultras, booed again when England players took the knee prior to kick-off.

Soon after the game began, they clashed with stewards. Police arrived and hit supporters with batons.

Many fans from Hungary climbed over a barricade and struck security personnel. Police were also driven into the concourse.

Trouble also arose when both sides met in Budapest, with Hungary being ordered to play two matches behind closed-doors by Fifa after the English players had experienced racism.

John Murray, BBC Radio 5 Live's commentator, stated that there were approximately 1,000 Hungary fans in the section. To keep England fans away, there was black net covering the seats on either side.

"We were informed that the ticket-buyers were all Hungarian fans living in the UK. There were some really disturbing scenes as soon as the match started.

"There were fighting in the stands and people wearing hi-vis jackets. Punches were thrown. It was very aggressive.

"A lot of the supporters were wearing black. The first half hour was turbulent, but things settled down after that.

After Roland Sallai's penalty gave Hungary an advantage of 24 minutes, a smoke bomb was also set off. This was cancelled by a John Stones win 13 minutes later.

For this game, which was the reverse fixture from last month's Puskas Arena meeting, less than 1,000 tickets were sold for Hungary fans.

In that qualifier, racist abuse was directed at England players. Gareth Southgate's team were also attacked with objects during the second period. Hungarian fans also used flares to lighten the pitch. After England's win, Fifa initiated disciplinary proceedings.

Fans were allowed to enter the World Cup tie even though Uefa ordered Hungary to play three home matches behind closed doors, despite their discriminatory behavior at Euro 2020.

The world's governing body of football then ordered Hungary to play two closed-door matches - one for two years, and fined the Hungarian Football Federation with 158,400.