Beitar fans broke into the grass to confront the Hapoel crowd

Chaos in Teddy. After Beitar Jerusalem’s 3:1 loss to Hapoel Tel Aviv this evening (Sunday), the team’s fans from the capital burst onto the grass in order to confront the Hapoel Tel Aviv fans who were still in the south stand, 20 minutes after the end of the match. As a result, many police and security forces arrived to help the stewards control the fans.

Also, against the background of the tensions created due to the fire at the Khodorov training complex tonight (between Saturday and Sunday), the game opened with throwing flares onto the grass by the fans from the red side. Referee Yigal Fried stopped the match after the opening whistle and restarted it a few minutes later. As a result, 15 Hapoel Tel Aviv fans were arrested. Of course, it didn’t stop there, when a big mess happened between the police and the fans, who threw sticks at the police.

The spokeswoman for the Jerusalem police responded to the events and said: “Police forces of the Jerusalem district are working in the last hour to maintain order and security during a soccer match that is taking place tonight at Teddy Stadium. Even before the opening whistle, the police arrested four suspects after they lit flares outside the stadium. Later in the beginning of the game, several fans started throwing flares towards the field and towards the policemen. As a result, there are several casualties.

Beitar fans storm the field

“In addition, a number of fans threw sticks and various objects at the police officers. As a result, the police arrested 15 fans on suspicion of lighting and throwing flares and objects towards the field and towards the police forces, and others who shot fireworks and lit flares before the game. Further arrests are expected.

“The commander of the Jerusalem Police District, Superintendent Doron Turgeman, is conducting a situation assessment on the field at this time, with the participation of the district’s command staff for the continuation of tonight’s football game at Teddy Stadium, between the teams Beitar Jerusalem and Hapoel Tel Aviv. Unfortunately, there are fans who come to the sports fields with the aim of breaking the order, throwing objects and attacking the security forces. The Israel Police will continue to act against those fans who attacked police officers, endangered fans, behaved violently and violated the order in the stadium.”