Will Ruby Lewkowicz be absent from Hapoel Hadera’s important game against Maccabi Tel Aviv (Saturday, 19:00) in the final round of the regular league?
As you may recall, after a yellow card was not registered for Levkovich’s duty, as revealed in ONE, his participation in the game against Bnei Sakhnin was questioned, but in the end the association’s court decided to grant temporary relief and postpone the suspension. Following this, Lewkowicz was able to play against Sakhnin last Saturday, which indeed happened.
Hadera appealed the entire suspension sentence, but since the hearing was not held before the game against Sakhnin, Levkovich may be absent from the game against Maccabi Tel Aviv, which will decide whether Hadera will be in the top playoffs. Shai Avni and Adv. Shachar Greenberg. Adv. Avishai Ifergan represents the association, the prosecutor Adv. Nir Reshef is also present at the hearing and the judges are Assaf Hadasi, Esther Kubo and Ruth Litvak.
Ruby Lewkowicz (Hagai Michaeli)Greenberg said at the beginning of the hearing: “As we emphasized in the appeal, is there any authority here to change a judge’s retrospective report? It’s been three months and I’m pretty sure that if we were in a similar case the report was corrected and it would happen within 24 hours, maybe it could have been thought through and repealed.
“If the association’s portal is empty and the group relies on what it sees before it and acts like that then it would have been possible otherwise. Retrospective judge. “You can let the association’s prosecutor prosecute or punish after the game for things they did not pay attention to.”
Judge Assaf Hadasi said: “Okay, that’s what it was, but what’s next?”. Ifergan, who represents the association, said: “We are faced with a question of principle that has not yet been examined by the courts, but it is important to emphasize that such incidents or incidents have occurred more than once in the past, and have always been treated equally. But it was at the level of the territory and not in the courts. I want to emphasize the obvious that this is a matter of discipline.
“A quick decision is important in these cases, that’s what’s important when it comes to disciplinary matters. The case here is simple. The player actually received five yellows by the various referees when one of them had a bad faith fault that was not mentioned in the report. There is no dispute about it and there is no dispute that he received a yellow card. An interpretation later is something else. “
Adv. Shai Avni at the court (ONE system)The judges agreed that there was no dispute that Lewkowicz had received a yellow card and Hadassi asked: “Who came up with this? It bothers me.” Ifergan replied: “The media bodies on top of that, there was a gap between the association’s records and the principal. Within two hours the referee corrected the report.” Hadassi replied: “They asked him about a game months ago?” Ifergan replied: . This is not a third division. “Hadassi responded:” And if it was in the second division or in the youth? “.
Ifergan: “I will touch on this later. It is impossible to turn the wheel back. Last week’s decision was legally and sportingly wrong. The whole appeal focused on the game against Sakhnin, but on the sports side the feeling is that the court gave the team legitimacy “. Hadassi clarified: “Temporary relief is irrelevant. You are not in the direction, leave what was on Thursday.”
Judge Esther Kubo said: “After three months they want to amend a protocol, but there was a reliance by groups on what was written and the question is whether the judge could have amended the protocol after three months? It is factually true that he was wrong, but if half a year passes, where do you put The border? ” Hadassi tapped: “And if it was not on TV and he had to rely on his memory?”.
Ifergan explained: “There is no dispute about this. This is not a mistake of the registration department, but of the judge.” Kobo replied, “That’s why it’s harder.” Ifergan said: “These are the facts, I present them as being, for better or for worse” and Kobo clarified: “We have no claims to the association” (these to the referee of the game NK).
Ifergan added: “From now on there is a virgin question that has not yet been on the court table. There are two extreme options in my opinion: one – the facilitative approach, the judge’s report can be corrected retrospectively.” Hadassi said: “By whom and under what conditions?” She added: “Is it possible to give the authority to another team to check things out?” Ifergan said: “The only one who has the authority to amend the report is the referee of the game because he signed the report. Whether the association will accept the amendment or not is another question. Who drew his attention? It does not matter if it is a group, a media or an association. “
Judge Ruth Litvak said: “Since I’m here I’m hearing about the judge’s report and nothing can be done.” Hadassi added: “Imagine a judge saying after three months that the result was not 0: 1 and it was 1: 1, can he correct? “.