The Premier League opened with a storm.
Games at a reasonable level, an audience that reaches thousands, good ratings for the main game, a surprising table leader - and even games at the same time.
who would believe?
But just when it seemed that Israeli football was finally moving forward, we remembered that there were those who insisted on keeping it in the 1980s and 1990s.
Israeli police, for example, insist on continuing to steal the show, with the cancellation of the game between Bnei Sakhnin and Hapoel B'Shlosha. Officers who have difficulty dealing with crime in the Arab sector have decided to harm an economic business like Israeli football. What do they care? Of course the game took place as planned, of course, but the fans and the teams? Who are they even interested in?
Amnon Strashnov stood by me in the riots in the Hatikva neighborhood during Hapoel Tel Aviv's doubles season. Not to mention the silly red card that Eddie Gottlieb received, who simply defended himself in his workplace from a violent fan who could have endangered his life. Zero understanding of time, zero progress.
Israeli refereeing has not yet gotten used to the VAR era, and that's fine, it's characteristic of countries with football like ours.
The thing is, no learning process took place.
Everything is going on here in hysteria.
Judges are afraid to go to the screen, those in the car are afraid to be talked about on the air, and in the judges' union Ronit Tirosh is busy with defensive interviews, instead of doing a home inspection to understand how it could be that every week her judges are at the center of things.
And all this, of course, instead of talking about exiles.
With all the love and joy that our football has returned during the corona, it still does not allow promiscuity in all sectors.
