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Euro 2016 chief calls for vigilance against hooligans

2016-07-09 03:38:00 from:SNTV

Euro 2016 President Jacques Lambert told a news conference that he wants authorities to collaborate in order to prevent the kind of "hooligans groups" that marred the opening days of the tournament from repeating itself ahead of the tournament in 2020.

SOUNDBITE: (French), Jacques Lambert, Euro 2016 president:

"What is the most worrying part I think is the second phenomena we saw. Which is the apparition of hooligans groups, who were not so numerous actually, but very organised, and disseminating extremists ideologies, that were really identified and nationalist. and with clams that have nothing to do with football."

SOUNDBITE: (French), Jacques Lambert, Euro 2016 president:

"What seems to be sure for the future, and in particular by thinking of Euro 2020, is that preventing efforts and sharing information between sports authorities, political authorities that are in the UEFA, must be increased to try to, as possible, before the tournaments, to really analyse risks and act in consequences, by taking preventive measures."

SOUNDBITE: (Spanish), Angel Maria Villar, UEFA vice-president :

"If the Euro 2016 has been in France, it's thank to a man - Mister Michel Platini. French people have to know this. Michel you can be proud of this. Today we all are thinking about him, and me first."

SOUNDBITE: (English), Pedro Pinto, UEFA Chief of Communication:

"Overall revenue generated from UEFA Euro 2016 nearly two billion euros. An increase of 34 per cent. The costs just over one billion and the income, most of it, will of course be utilised by our Hatrick program, which supports variety of projects and programs that all of our national associations have on a yearly basis and the organisational costs of course are taking it into a count as well."

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