Crowd trouble mars Millwall UEFA Cup tie

Hungarian midfielder Denes Rosa of FC Ferencvaros Budapest celebrates his goal against British FC Millwall in the Ulloi Road stadium of Budapest during a qualification round match of the UEFA Cup.

A fan was stabbed and left fighting for his life after crowd trouble marred the UEFA Cup tie between Ferencvaros and Millwall here which spelled the end of FA Cup finalist Millwall's European dream.

Over 3,000 Millwall fans travelled over for the game according to police with scuffles breaking out in and around the stadium resulting in a handful of arrests.

Riot police were called to break up running battles in Budapest an hour before the game.

Two Millwall fans were reported to be arrested and in police custody.

On the pitch, Ferencvaros produced a superb first half performance to beat the Londoners 3-1 to go through to the second round of Europe's second club competition 4-2 on aggregate.

Goals from Denes Rosa, Sorin Botis and Robert Vagner ended Millwall's unlikely European campaign with the visitor's player-manager Dennis Wise getting a consolation goal.

Ferencvaros took the lead after Vagner crossed from the left to Rosa who headed the ball past Graham Stack in the 26th minute.

The hosts all but sealed the tie four minutes later when defender Botis' header hit the crossbar and was adjudged to have crossed the line.

Vagner then added a third from the edge of the area in the 40th minute with Wise flicking the ball over keeper Lajos Szucs in first half stoppage time.