2024-02-07 20:48:45
Hapoel Tel Aviv may be punished by deducting a point in practice, when in the 1:0 loss to Beitar Jerusalem, 20 flares were lit in the north stand and three of them were thrown onto the grass and landed in the area of the gate square. As a result, the game was stopped for four minutes. In addition, at the beginning of the half, lighters were thrown and landed near Beitar goalkeeper Miguel Silva, in the 98th minute several lighters were thrown at the assistant referee.
The Reds appeared today (Wednesday) for a hearing under aggravating circumstances at the court of the Football Association, before the judges Giora Landau, Noam Liubin and the father of the court Israel Shimoni, while Hapoel Tel Aviv is represented by legal counsel Bez City. The hearing took place in the presence of the new prosecutor Gilad Bergman.
the course of the discussion
the prosecutor Bergman He said: “The group was prosecuted for a fan riot under aggravating circumstances. The circumstances are attributed to the group because of the accumulation of fans and the abundance of flares. You threw some of them on the grass in a way that caused the game to be stopped. This is in accordance with what was determined in the Champion of Champions at the Dane Deutsch. I would like to refer section 13 to this context for the Bnei Sakhnin incident where it was recently determined for a smaller amount of pyrotechnic means.
Hapoel Tel Aviv fans light flares (Radad Jabara)
“The team is subject to a suspended penalty for deducting two points until the end of the season for any violation of pyrotechnic measures that will lead to the stoppage of the game. In accordance with Section 23b of the recently approved temporary order, the court is not obligated to apply suspended sentences, which were decided before the temporary order came into effect.
“In our case, in view of the amendment established in which cases of seriousness points must be reduced, there is no justification for my position to impose a more severe punishment because it is not the highest severity, but in light of the fact that the team was accused of similar offenses as in the derby, I do not think there is any reason to sentence the suspended sentence in full and reduce Two points, but there is room to reduce one point including a significant financial fine, which in my opinion should not be at least 60 thousand NIS.
The prosecutor continued: “From watching the video, you see that these are not 20 flares, but close to 40. In addition, there were at least four spark plugs, so it is at least 60 thousand NIS. I do think that the large number of flares here does not justify the ruling according to the dean’s count of flares (according to the price list).”
Hapoel Tel Aviv fans light flares (Radad Jabara)
Shapiro, Hapoel’s representative, said: “Both in the referee’s report and in the observer’s report, it is written that three flares were thrown onto the lawn, but from the prosecutor’s videos you only see one that was inside. There were two that were thrown near the heads and as far as I’m concerned it’s not defined as the lawn. After throwing the flares, the game continued and the smoke did not interfere with the game. It was only after he stopped the game that the flares were thrown. So I don’t know. The same referee in last season’s game did not stop the game for flares in the stands.”
He also said: “Even on the broadcast they say that the game continued. The goalkeeper of Beitar came out of the gate and called him to stop. Only after he stopped did the flare hit the grass. In my opinion, we don’t need to go into the incident of stopping the game because of this.”
the judge Landau He said: “Transfer the relevant videos”.
Shapira: “Someone was identified based on our videos versus the Bloomfield videos. It turns out that in the end it’s not the person and these are the difficulties we encounter regularly: they are masked and with identical hoodies.”
Shimoni: “For my part, bring 1000 undercover for 1000 fans and get caught. Try to cope. The police will not recognize and will not catch because they also have so many people. The company that Maccabi works with does catch the fans, so consult with them.”
Judge Israel Shimoni (private)
Shapira: “In the new regulations, the possibilities of deducting points for the teams were established. According to the plaintiff, one point should be deducted and the condition should be applied partially. I think you can’t drop even one point. The reason for this, even according to the prosecutor’s method, is that there are multiple cases and this is the second game in a row that this has happened. But the new regulations explicitly state that only in the third offense of throwing flares on the field can one deviate from the price list and be punished for not selling tickets for away games. The court has a consideration whether to activate it or not.”
Shapira: “Another option is to stop the game twice in the same game. Regardless, according to section 23b of the new regulations, because it is a punishment from before the new regulations, the court can exercise its own discretion. The aggravating circumstances according to the plaintiff’s method are the large number of cases.”
Liubin: “So what does the condition mean?”
Shapira: “You have discretion. The court needs to see what the legislator meant and in the new regulations the maximum penalty for the aggravating circumstances and deducting points is only in three cases. If the prosecutor thinks it is because of many cases, then there is an answer in the regulations and the other penalty is a ban on the sale of tickets for an away game. I accept the prosecutor’s argument about the financial fine, but regarding the points, it is impossible to apply a points penalty and deviate from the new regulations.”
Hapoel Tel Aviv and Beitar Jerusalem players (Radad Jabara)
Landau to the prosecutor: “If we have discretion, is there a possibility to bring to light the actions of the clubs regarding the arrest of the throwers? In the past, we eased the punishment when there was a situation like this.”
Bergman: “I said last week and I will say it now: there are offenses in the regulations for which the exact punishment is not written. The discussion here deals with the question of applying a suspended sentence. The fact that the throwing of the flares led to the stoppage of the game is a clear statement in the referee’s and observer’s report. Even if my friend’s argument was true, it is irrelevant. The section lists every case of fan riot that includes pyrotechnics and will lead to the stoppage of the game. My friend confuses the concept of punishment with the exercise of the condition. All that you (the judges) need to consider before the judgment is whether the foundations for the activation of the condition have been established. The discussion of when the flares were thrown is not relevant, but the throwing of flares that will lead to the stoppage of the game.”
Shapira: “In the game against Maccabi Haifa he chose not to stop, so here he is?”
Prosecutor: “It’s a shame you didn’t summon the judge.”
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