2024-03-18 09:23:36
The prosecutor of the soccer association decided to subject Maccabi Haifa to disciplinary proceedings for fan riots, racist chants and insulting/contempt of the judicial system. According to the referee’s report Roy Reinshaver: “In the 40th minute of the game and during the stoppage of the game in question, a crowd of Maccabi Haifa fans chanted: “Take points, take points, neo-Nazis!”
In addition, the Greens will stand trial for racist chants directed at the Bnei Rayna defender, Abdullah Jaber: “During the second half, on several occasions when the ball was played by number 14 of the host team, Jaber Abdullah, some of the Maccabi Haifa fans growled at him. In the 61st minute For the game, on the advice of the fourth referee and in cooperation with the match observer, the first stage of the racist chanting procedure was activated when the announcer read a message to the fans on this topic. After that, the growls stopped and until the end of the game, no racist growls/calls were heard from the crowd.”
In addition, the prosecutor decided to subject Maccabi Tel Aviv to disciplinary proceedings for a fan riot and Beitar Jerusalem for a fan riot and breaking into the field of play, after, according to the judge’s report, three boys jumped onto the grass before and during the game, from the Beitar fans’ stands.
It was also written about a conflict between conflicts between the fans of the two teams: “About half an hour after the end of the game, when all the players of both teams and the refereeing team were already in the dressing rooms and in media interviews and most of the fans had also dispersed, a riot developed including the throwing of objects between a handful of Beitar Jerusalem fans who were On the grass and a handful of Maccabi Tel Aviv fans who were in the south stand. I should mention that I was in the players’ tunnel (interviews, talking to the referees) and I did not witness the incident, but when I heard that there was a commotion outside on the lawn, I went out there and arrived towards the end of the event, while the police had already dispersed the fans.”
“During the inspection I held with the event manager on behalf of the Beitar Jerusalem team, he reported to me that after all the fans had dispersed, they allowed a handful of Beitar Jerusalem fans to pass through the grass and return their cheering equipment to the warehouse located in the stadium area. While they were passing through the grass, teasing began Between the groups of fans of the two teams, objects began to be thrown, among other things, according to him, flagpoles and the backs of plastic chairs.”
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