VIOLENT HISTORY

The English have a long history of soccer-related violence but there has been little trouble in Germany so far, with only a small number of arrests for mostly drunken behaviour or people trying to get into a stadium without a ticket.

Banning orders issued before the tournament began prevented some 3,700 known trouble makers from travelling to Germany.

However 122 people were detained in Stuttgart on Friday night for drunken and aggressive behaviour and they are expected to be held until the game on Sunday has been played.

Under German law police can detain individuals for threatening behaviour or if they suspect they are likely to commit a crime and it does not constitute a full arrest.

Those held in Stuttgart on Saturday were also detained under preventative orders.

Earlier, Germany had beaten Sweden in Munich to reach the quarter-finals of the World Cup.