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Watch: Rooney, Hodgson call on England fans to behave

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Chantilly, France - England captain Wayne Rooney and manager Roy Hodgson on Monday pleaded with the country's fans to avoid further violence to head off a UEFA threat to disqualify the team from Euro 2016.

After violence erupted in Marseille over the weekend, overshadowing England's 1-1 draw with Russia, European governing body UEFA threatened to kick both teams out of the tournament if the disorder continued.

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It also said both countries must make an appeal to their fans not to cause unrest.

England plays rival Wales in the northern French city of Lens on Thursday and Russian fans will also be in the area as their team faces Slovakia in nearby Lille a day earlier.

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