Reporting. After a tumultuous 24 hours in which he was thrown out of his club in Turkey, Antalyaspor, arrested and taken for questioning by the local authorities, Sagiv Yehezkel recently took off for Israel on a private plane from Antalya. Yehezkel scored a goal for his team in the league match against Trabzonspor, dedicated a goal to the abductees who have been in the Gaza Strip for more than 100 days, which led to a great storm in the neighboring country and a wave of criticism against him.
Pressure from FIFA, UEFA and Israeli officials led to the footballer's release when the chairman of the Football Association, Shino Zuaretz, together with Culture and Sports Minister Miki Zohar, conveyed to the player that he would have a plane at his disposal at any given moment, and indeed this happened. Over the past 24 hours, under the guidance of Foreign Minister Yisrael Katz, the Foreign Ministry worked with all the relevant parties in Turkey to bring about his speedy release.
According to the report, Yehezkel's relatives and family will wait for him at Ben Gurion Port Airport and greet him, accompanied of course by his wife and daughter.
B.S. fans waiting for Yehezkel at Ben Gurion Airport, Photo: Bernie Ardov
The hottest sports articles and updates on your Telegram
Join
A number of Hapoel Be'er Sheva fans came from Lod: "He is a symbol for us, what he did is a hero, we hope he will return to the team now, we are waiting for him, we will do everything to return." Another fan who arrived early with his children arrived equipped with an entertainer, a bouquet of flowers and an Israeli flag: "We are all Beer Sheva fans, we will do everything for Sagiv."
Wrong? We'll fix it! If you find a mistake in the article, please share with us