Maccabi Haifa is champion two years in a row, on its way to a third championship in a row, and that probably dazzles quite a few people. Rivalry for the championship is sure to hurt the eyes, so when you can’t explain what it’s like to stay behind a club that played in the Champions League this season and is in its worst period, the easiest thing is to blame others.
Precisely when they are in first place, Maccabi Haifa fans have been protesting recently on the networks, but what is the reason for their anger? An attack that is carried out on the networks. We will try to show you what is happening from the eyes of the green fans.
What is that threat? Dor Peretz sits at a Maccabi Tel Aviv press conference before a game against another rival and talks about Dia Saba’s honorable goal in Ashdod instead of asking himself how his team lost so many points since the victory over the champion in Bloomfield. So by the way, Peretz and his friends did not come with claims, they won on the field justly, so why not concentrate on another team?
After Dor Peretz, Danilo Asperia also dealt with Maccabi Haifa instead of explaining how his team lost an advantage in Sami Ofer and lost to Hapoel Afula in the cup. It sounds and looks bad, of course it’s before the most important game of Beth’er this season, the one that may determine if they will be in the top playoffs.
It feels as if they are trying to produce an engineered discourse here against a team that has been leading the table for almost 3 years in a row, including this season, after the home stage in the Champions League. Maccabi Haifa is blinding and instead of buying glasses they try to throw stones at the sun.
All these quotes of the rival teams, the fans of the teams take one step further and incite on social networks. The reality is that anyone can write or edit whatever they want, from videos to photos or posts that someone in Maccabi Haifa allegedly manages the referees’ union. It’s a piece of bullshit, but some people believe it. This is exactly the false consciousness we are talking about, and angers the Maccabi Haifa fans.
Another product is being developed here that will try to help fight Maccabi Haifa, the best team in the country, even when it is in a less good time, but no one talks about the facts. Maccabi Haifa should have beaten Bnei Raina, if the penalty that was rightly whistled after a foul on Fernandez Pierro, would not have been disqualified because the screen judges did not know the constitution to the end. Dia Saba’s goal in Ashdod, which there is no proof that it was scored differently, did not affect the outcome of the game and it’s a good thing. Even in the other games, there is no absolute refereeing decision that brought Maccabi Haifa points.
I understand the frustration of opposing fans, but there is no need to create a reality that does not exist. There are enough professional solutions and everyone will take care of themselves. And Maccabi Haifa? She needs to go back and play like other days, otherwise the violence against her will also be unnecessary.
The writer is a commentator on Radio Haifa