Guy Geva
Flares in the Hapoel stands (Reuven Schwartz)
After the unusual events in the last Tel Aviv derby, where the game was delayed for about 25 minutes, Hapoel Tel Aviv and Maccabi Tel Aviv are appearing at the association’s court at this time and are expected to receive heavy penalties.
The association’s prosecutor, Nir Rashef, decided to prosecute Maccabi Tel Aviv for fan rioting under aggravated circumstances and racist chants and Hapoel Tel Aviv for unsportsmanlike and inappropriate behavior of the audience and fan rioting under aggravated circumstances.
Among other things, according to the referee’s and the observer’s reports, flares were thrown from both audiences, when in addition to stands 10-11, smoke grenades were also thrown, and from stands 4-5 flares were thrown onto the court in several different cases.
In addition, rolls of toilet paper, bullets were thrown from the stands of Hapoel Tel Aviv in several different cases and even Holocaust songs were heard. The crowd of Maccabi Tel Aviv heard chants of “Salim is a terrorist” and during the victory celebrations a flare was thrown from stands 10-11.
On behalf of Maccabi Tel Aviv, attorney Yael Margalit and speaker Ofer Ronan came to the hearing. On behalf of Hapoel Tel Aviv came CEO Odalia Friedman, attorney Yuval Shadami and Erez Naaman, the spokesman for the Reds.
The Reds asked to exclude the media, the judges responded positively
Afraid of the fans – already at the beginning of the hearing it was the representative of the Reds from Tel Aviv, attorney Yuval Shadami, who asked to exclude the media from the hearing, the judges responded in the affirmative. Meanwhile, CEO Friedman said about the red crowd: “Some of the Hapoel Tel Aviv fans behave like criminal organizations.”
