Euro 2020: Uefa to hold hearing into unrest during Wembley final

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Police stand in front of England fans at Wembley during Euro 2020 final

The Football Association will soon find out if England has to play home games behind closed doors because of the turmoil at Wembley Stadium during European Championship final.

Uefa will hold their disciplinary hearing Monday. A verdict is likely to be available within 24 hours of the tribunal's conclusion.

As they tried to enter Wembley on the 11th of July, fans fought police and stewards.

In the final, England lost to Italy.

Two days after the match, Uefa opened proceedings against European football's governing body.

A week later, the English FA established an independent review to examine their own performance. It stated that it was determined to prevent the "disgraceful scenes", which marred the Euro 2020 final, from ever happening again.

After areas surrounding the stadium were packed for hours before the kick-off, hundreds of fans crowded into Wembley to see the showpiece.

Many sat in the space reserved for relatives of players.

Uefa will likely focus on the FA's security procedures for the game.

The hearing comes after more chaotic scenes at Wembley on Tuesday's World Cup qualifier against Hungary. During that match, visiting supporters clashed with police and stewards in the first minutes.

Fifa, the world's governing body of football, has opened a case against the match.

Fifa released a statement saying that "Following an assessment of match reports, Fifa had opened disciplinary proceedings in relation yesterday's England-v Hungary and Albania-v Poland matches."

Fifa strongly condemned the violence at these matches once again and would like to reiterate its firm position in rejecting all forms of violence, discrimination and abuse. Fifa takes a clear, zero-tolerance position against any form of unacceptable behaviour in football.