Chutney
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Yeah, not totally whitewashing it, just commenting on what I saw.There's plenty of fan violence in Germany and from German fans.
Nice played Köln in the Conference League two months ago and had to be postponed because of fan violence, West Ham fans were attacked by Frankfurt fans earlier in the year, Frankfurt fans then attacked Marseille fans in a later match, likewise German fans attacked England fans when we last played them in September.
Most matches in England go ahead with zero bother at all too, it's the ones that don't which get the headlines.
It's a problem throughout the sport, not just in the UK.
Interesting that your examples all relate to fans going abroad, which is a whole different dynamic.
That said, I saw peaceful (well, noisy) boozed up interactions between opposing fans that I can't imagine going off without bother here.