Rangers fans 'hit with glasses and flares by Eintracht Frankfurt ultras' on streets of Seville

18.05.2022 - 12:51 / dailyrecord.co.uk

Five Germans have been arrested in Seville after scenes of carnage saw Eintracht Frankfurt ultras try to attack Rangers fans.

Chaos erupted in the Andalusian city on Tuesday night as balaclava-clad thugs launched a series of red flares and lobbed glass bottles at Gers supporters who had gathered in the street to party.

Horrifying footage shared by Spanish media outlets shows baton-wielding riot cops emerge from a convoy of vans while other officers attempt to control the area.

The hooligans brazenly approached heavily-armed officers standing between them and the Scottish fans before hurling their missiles as extra police reached the scene.

One flare landed inches from the spot where the Rangers supporters were standing, near to Irish bar O’Neills on Paseo de Colon where trouble flared between Eintracht Frankfurt ultras and West Ham fans in March.

One Gers supporter could be seen picking up a glass and throwing it in the direction of the German hooligans on the other side of the police line.

But police sources said the Eintracht Frankfurt ultras had started the trouble by trying to reach the Rangers fans and start a fight with them.

Police reinforcements were quickly mobilised, arriving in several riot vans with their sirens sounding and lights flashing, to restore order and stop the problems worsening.

One pot-bellied German was seen being marched away by cops in handcuffs.

A spokesman for Spain’s National Police, in an early appraisal of Tuesday night's violence, said: “Five people, all German nationals, have been arrested.”

Spanish police chiefs admitted on Tuesday the Europa Cup final represents the “most complicated” challenge they have faced in recent years.

More than 5,500 police and private security guards have been