England fans continue rioting in France ahead of Euro 2016 match

England fans got belligerent in the streets of Marseille on Friday.

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England fans got belligerent in the streets of Marseille on Friday, fighting with French police ahead of their team’s debut match at Euro 2016.

England plays Russia in Marseille on Saturday, and supporters arrived ahead of time. It’s unclear what directly sparked the clashes with police. Tom White of the Press Association captured much of the chaos on Twitter as it happened Friday.

Things escalated quickly, with police donning riot gear and deploying tear gas, and fans throwing bottles.

Fans were also arrested in Marseille early Friday morning in a separate incident, the BBC reported.

Shocking behaviour in #Marseille shot this video tonight driving to my hotel #Eng @EURO2016 pic.twitter.com/7n4f4lAxD2

— Owen Humphreys (@owenhumphreys1) June 10, 2016

The madness continued across the city on Saturday, as captured on social media.

French police charging England fans #Marseille pic.twitter.com/1SgFgeOrzR

— Nick Eardley (@nickeardleybbc) June 11, 2016

А кто очищает площадь?!!! #беспорядки @championat #EURO2016 pic.twitter.com/Fm3W9y7nLT

— Дмитрий Егоров (@edim_sport) June 11, 2016

England fans clash again with French police in Marseille ahead of #Euro2016 matchhttps://t.co/nSq6f4tcI4 https://t.co/Ybpdx7bScB

— BBC Breaking News (@BBCBreaking) June 11, 2016

There are reports that Russian fans have clashed with and attacked English fans on Saturday, as well.

Dozens of injured England fans. Russian "ultra" hooligans rampaging through old town #Euro2016 pic.twitter.com/YSXhMwBRix

— David Brown (@DavidhBrown) June 11, 2016

England and Russia play Saturday at 3 p.m. ET. on ESPN and ESPN Deportes.