"Two months before the disaster, I was with Maayan at the game against Hapoel Be'er Sheva and I went back to the same game without him. Despite the tremendous difficulty, I accept the judgment.".
Nini Asor, who was Maccabi Tel Aviv's left-back more than 30 years ago, came to the game with all the emotional baggage. "The shiva lasted a month. Tens of thousands came to our house in Tiberias"