Even the Maccabi are angry and intend to appeal following the heavy punishment imposed on the team: "Instead of charging us for the effort, the court chose to impose a bundle of penalties on the club. Where is the backing that must be given to the club that fights with all its might to prevent the riots?"

• Fans of Maccabi Tel Aviv in the derby spoken. Out on the cheap?

  Photo:

  Alan Shaver

The Football Association Disciplinary Tribunal on Wednesday released the severe penalties it imposed on Hapoel and Maccabi Tel Aviv following the harsh derby events in which smoke grenades and flares were thrown into the lawn, and chairs were set to burn and stop the game.

Maccabi Tel Aviv was penalized in one radius game after which goals 10 and 11 were closed for another game. In addition, the group was fined NIS 20,000 in practice. The club has yet to decide whether to appeal the punishment they received or not. On the other side, the Reds were penalized for three league games in the league, followed by the 4-and-5 stands at Bloomfield in two more games. In Khodorov, they also received a fine of NIS 50,000.

One way or another, the yellow side also expressed disappointment with the punishment imposed on them. "Maccabi Tel Aviv has been very disappointed in the decision of the Football Association's Disciplinary Tribunal regarding the derby events which were taken a short time ago," the official's statement said, "despite all the efforts the club has made with the security company and the Israeli police to seize the violators and punish the The fans involved in the derby events, the court decided to punish the club severely and in an unprecedented manner and severely offending the club's actions in recent years.

Maccabi Tel Aviv fans in the derby. The appeal on the way // Photo: Alan Shiber

"These kinds of decisions, not only do not back the club in its war with fans whose sole purpose is a breach of the order, but turn the back of the club's desire to invest resources in security and technological means. Arrive where no efforts are made to locate and apprehend the disruptive fans.

"This decision leads a whole public of football fans who bought their finest subscriptions and did not attend or could be present in a foreign game, despising the football industry, the courts, the league's league and the football association. As soon as the Maccabi Tel Aviv football club presented the efforts Who invested in capturing the perpetrators, the court's decision should not only take these efforts into account but also charge the club for its work.

"In return, the court chose to give the club a bunch of penalties that the club intends to appeal in the coming days. You cannot expect a club that has brought full results to act differently, even if such cases change and therefore it is a populist and detached decision from reality. This is a global precedent and makes no sense. "