Raz Amir |
Liran Liani (Radad Jabara)
The disappearance of the yellow card for Ruby Levkovich did not go smoothly for the referees’ union, which today (Thursday) changed the squad for the next round and Liran Liani, who was supposed to manage the game between Hapoel Jerusalem and Hapoel Tel Aviv at Teddy Stadium on Saturday, was also suspended from the next round. Liani, it should be noted, will be the VAR referee tonight in Bloomfield in the rematch between Jaffa and Maccabi Tel Aviv in the quarterfinals of the State Cup.
As mentioned, the referee forgot to give a yellow card to Hapoel Hadera goalkeeper in the match report against Bnei Sakhnin in December, as a result he went to the cup match against Maccabi Haifa with five yellows and due to the publication in ONE yesterday, the report was amended and Lewkowicz should be removed as a result. Hence. At first, he was removed from the next round from Hadera’s decisive game against the same Sakhnin, but later in the day this decision was given temporary relief and he will play against Sakhnin, and will probably be sent off against Maccabi Tel Aviv in a week.
Liani’s serious mistake led to a big storm in the referees’ union, when it was later revealed that Uriel Greenfeld also forgot to enter a red card he issued to Aviv Avraham against Hapoel Beer Sheva in October this season. It was also revealed that one of Maccabi Haifa’s goals in the victory over Hapoel Tel Aviv at the beginning of the season was recorded on Dolev Haziza instead of the actual occupier, Dean David.
Liani’s mistake, however, was the most difficult of the three, as it led to the goalkeeper playing when he was not allowed to. The union understood that it was impossible to move on to the agenda and Liani was punished. The referees’ union said: “After an inquiry was made into the issue of not typing the yellow card for Hapoel Hadera goalkeeper Ruby Levkovich, it was decided by the union’s leaders to remove referee Liran Liani from the placement in the next round and another league round.”
