Word: rheinstadion
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...field, the English national team played bravely and well against Holland before being eliminated, by a score of 3-1, from the European Championship soccer tournament in West Germany last week. Outside Dusseldorf's Rheinstadion, however, England suffered a shameful defeat -- at the fists and feet of its own unruly fans. After a weeklong rampage through four West German cities, about 250 English hooligans -- some wearing T shirts reading INVASION OF GERMANY 1988, others with their faces painted in Union Jack colors -- had been detained for drunkenness, looting and fighting. One Irish fan died, drowning in Frankfurt's Main River...
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