A serious and shameful event in the Second National Youth League took place exactly ten days ago, at the end of the match between Betar Nordia Jerusalem and the Ness Ziona section in the 22nd round of the league. The teams separated 0-0, when in the 72nd minute two red cards were drawn One for Nordia Jerusalem player and one for captain of the Nes Ziona section team, Edom who ignited all the commotion at the end of the game.
The following refereeing report said: “After the game and on my way to the locker room, right down the aisle, a guy stood, looking about 30. He stood on the tribune separating the stone from the descent to the grass and shouted at me at first: ‘What are you putting red for Ness Ziona’s number 15? ? What?’ Then he started cursing and threatening: ‘I’m waiting for you outside’. A guy from Nordia was standing there trying to stop him from coming down, but it did not help and he jumped over the fence next to me. I turned in his direction to protect myself and he picked up a chair that was next to me, and came up to me close while I was protecting myself. “
He added: “The guy managed to grab me by the shirt and did not release while the whole shirt was completely torn, he grabbed a chair with his other hand and tried to throw, and with his foot he managed to hit me and cause a dry blow to my left elbow. “Nordia Jerusalem who stood in the middle and prevented him from having real direct contact and entering the locker room. Then, when I was in the room, the guy came around towards the fence that separates the locker room and the exit and kept shouting ‘I’m waiting for you out here’.”
The judge noted that police were called by the compound manager who arrived and investigated the case. An incident was also opened at the police (incident number 5540, incident date 07/02/2022). At the end of the report, he wrote that the manager of the Ness Ziona team and the team coach came and apologized for the incident and updated that it was the brother of the person who received the red card. “
In light of the serious incidents written in the report, the Football Association’s court ruled unequivocally that this was a serious incident, and therefore the Ness Ziona section was fined NIS 5,000 and at the same time, three actual points were deducted from its balance sheet.
The youth department of Section Ness Ziona said: “We take the case very seriously and this is not the spirit of the club. The player, who was also sent off during the game, came with his father to a hearing and it was decided, until further notice, to suspend him from team training From the pitches for us, given the situation that happened. With how difficult it is, because in the end the child did nothing. We will have to make a concrete decision about his future in the coming days. “Not on our home field and not off it. It hurts a lot that this is what happened at the end of the game and it is sad that football, which is just a sport, reaches such a state.”