FAI to investigate reported attacks on Irish supporters

THE FAI will pursue at diplomatic and UEFA level the issue of violence towards visiting supporters in Moscow where some Irish fans were seriously hurt prior to the European Championship tie against Russia.

FAI general secretary, Brendan Menton, said he had officially lodged a complaint with the UEFA observer prior to the match after receiving reports of attacks on Irish supporters on Moscow streets on Friday.

He said he had yet to receive details of a major assault on the Irish that left at least one Irish supporter seriously ill in hospital with head wounds shortly before Saturday’s match.