RUSSIAN striker Fyodor Smolov has told his countryman not to fight in the stadium during tomorrow night’s Euro 2016 match against Wales – but ‘scrapping’ elsewhere is fine by him.

The match in Toulouse, which will decide who progresses from Group B to the last 16, has been upgraded to high risk following violent scenes in Marseille and Lille.

More than 600 extra police officers have been drafted in to ensure security in the city in addition to the 1,500 already due to work at the match.

The prefect of the Haute-Garonne region Pascal Mailhos said there was a risk of hooliganism and cited recent disorder between supporters elsewhere in the country as he announced the risk has been heightened.

French prosecutors blamed a hardcore of "extremely well-trained" and "hyper violent" Russian fans for much of the violence that erupted in Marseille last weekend.

Wayne Nash, the Welsh FA's national security officer, told The Sunday Times there was a "degree of nervousness" about supporter safety surrounding the game and added: "We've all witnessed the scenes that happened in Marseille. It was shocking.

"The actions are deplorable."

FC Krasnodar forward Smolov does not want any violent scenes inside the Stadium de Toulouse, which could lead to Russia being thrown out of the tournament by UEFA.

But, asked for his message to the Russian fans, he said: “I'd like the supporters to go on backing us. As for everything that goes on around us, there's a number of videos that have been uploaded on the web and clearly the English really did provoke them, and indeed the Welsh fans.

“Clearly these events mustn't go on in football stands. But if people really want to go out with the intention of scrapping, they should fight elsewhere, they shouldn't do so in the stadium, we want to have support in the stadium.”