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NAME: WCUP ENG RX 5 20060701I TAPE: EF06/0579 IN_TIME: 11:15:54:08 DURATION: 00:02:49:02 SOURCES: AP TELEVISION DATELINE: Gelsenkirchen - 1 July 2006 RESTRICTIONS: SHOTLIST ++NIGHT SHOTS++ 1 English football fans singing, pan to stage 2 Various of police in riot gear and singing English football fans 3 Various of police apprehending England football fan 4 Various of police in riot gear standing in front of singing English football fans 5 Police apprehending England football fan ++NIGHT SHOTS++ 6 Police in riot gear standing in front of singing English football fans 7 England football fans singing 8 Police in riot gear standing in front of singing English football fans 9 English football fans dancing and singing as one fan holds a flag 10 Various of police with English football fan STORYLINE Police detained about 100 mostly English football fans in Gelsenkirchen after England bowed out of another major tournament on Saturday, falling to Portugal in a penalty shootout in the FIFA World Cup quarter final German, British and Portuguese police had been deployed in case of trouble, but incidents were isolated, and no major clashes after the match were reported Some glass bottles were tossed but there was no immediate confrontation Despite the general calm, German police formed a line around some England fans in a bid to stem violence Portugal won a penalty shootout 3-1 following 120 minutes of goalless football and advanced to the World Cup semi-finals for the first time since 1966 Keyword-world cup 2006