PORTUGUESE FANS O' WAR RANGERS

Black-clad mob attacks hotel in Lisbon city centrel

- RORY CASSIDY

A HUGE brawl broke out on the streets of Lisbon just hours before Rangers were set to take on Benfica in the Europa League.

Weapon-wielding thugs traded blows outside a hotel in the Portuguese capital on Wednesday night.

Footage shared on X, formerly Twitter, showed men with their hoods up, or wearing balaclavas, using their belts to inflict blows on rivals as fist fights took place in a square in a shopping district.

Shouts of "come on then!" could be heard in the footage.

Another clip showed a gang of more than 20 clad in black and wearing hats and balaclavas attacking a hotel.