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Montenegro fans hold up Scotland flag in attempt to wind up England supporters

The home side took the lead against the Three Lions, but succumbed to a 5-1 defeat in the Euro 2020 qualifier

A SCOTLAND flag was spotted held up by Montenegro fans as they looked to rile up England supporters during the Euro 2020 qualifier.

And the stunt could have had an impact on the Three Lions as they fell behind in the 17th minute at the Podgorica City Stadium through a great strike from Marko Vesovic.

 Montenegro supporters held up a Scotland fan as they looked to wind England fans up
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But unfortunately for the home side, they couldn't keep England at bay for long as Michael Keane equalised 13 minutes later.

Gareth Southgate's men eventually eased to a 5-1 win to make it two wins out of two in Group C.

They have now banged in 10 goals in their last two matches following their 5-0 drubbing against Czech Republic on Friday.

Speaking on the flag incident, one fan tweeted: "Do the Montenegrin fans with the Scotland flag realise that it’s more likely to just make us laugh than wind us up?"

While another commented: "Great to see a Scotland flag in the Montenegro end. Hopefully they play like them.”

One said: "Beyond outraged and triggered by the Montenegro fan holding up a Scotland flag there. Not sure how I’ll get over this one.”

England's epic win against the Brave Falcons has been marred by the racist abuse from the home fans.

Danny Rose was the subject of sickening monkey chants, but Montenegro boss Ljubisa Tumbakovic claimed he didn't hear any of the abuse.

Speaking of the matter, Chelsea starlet Callum Hudson-Odoi said: "When you hear that, it’s not right and it’s unacceptable.

“Hopefully Uefa will deal with it because when I was over there, me and Rosey heard it.

“They were saying, ‘ooh ooh ah’ monkey stuff — so you just have to keep your heads and keep a strong mentality.

“Hopefully Rosey is OK but he is a strong guy.”

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