Boro fans riot in Rome

2006-03-15 09:37

Rome - Middlesbrough fans clashed with Italians in central Rome before baton-wielding police restored order late on Tuesday, witnesses said.

Middlesbrough are due to play AS Roma in the Uefa Cup on Wednesday and hundreds of English supporters have poured into the Italian capital to watch the game.

Around 100 Middlesbrough and Roma fans hurled bottles at each other in the central Campo de Fiori square, causing tourists and locals to flee for cover.

Police in full-riot gear soon flooded the area and laid into the fans with their batons. A number of English supporters were hurt in the clashes, but Italy's Ansa newsagency said there were no reports of serious injuries.

- Reuters