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Up to 100 fans of Mainz and Augsburg clashed in a mass brawl before their Bundesliga match on Saturday, police said. According to initial investigations, police are assuming the incident was an organized fight away from the stadium. Police detained a total of 36 people, 28 of whom had links to Augsburg. All of them were subsequently banned from the city of Mainz. Germany, which hosts Euro 2024 in June, has been battling a rise in football hooliganism in recent months. There has also been crowd trouble in stadiums in the top two divisions in Germany as fans protest against a prospective league-…

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