Against the background of the silence in the Premier League, the owners of Betar attack the chairman of the administration: "Kalfon is a political man, who fights in teams alongside the Ministry of Health. The administration has failed miserably in contrast to the successful basketball" • On the deputy director general And we are not in a dictatorship "
Moshe is celebrating.
Does not intend to give up and wants to return to the grass
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Danny Maron
The owner of Betar Jerusalem, Moshe Hogg, convened a press conference today (Thursday) via the Zoom app, following the announcement by the league director that he will fine teams NIS 100,000 if they continue to train, in which he sharply attacked Erez Kalfon, the principal's chairman.
"Maybe Erez Kalfon is thinking about his next job, his decision is bizarre and we will fight him legally for the fines," Hogg said, "I call for the dismissal of Erez Kalfon. He has to draw conclusions. Kalfon did a very bad job and if he does not draw conclusions I guess they will draw conclusions For him. Erez Kalfon is a political person and when a political person fights alongside the Ministry of Health instead of alongside the groups, a lot of questions have to be asked. "
Hogg continued with the harsh criticism: "The principal failed miserably in contrast to the basketball they succeeded in. The failure is both now and regarding the safety net. To this day we have not received a penny. "And the only ones who stand by us are the Minister of Sports, Hili Trooper, and the Minister of Finance, Israel Katz, who spoke to me several times and expressed his willingness to help. The principal forgot that the teams work for us.
According to Hogg, he was promised by the Ministry of Health that football would return to normal as early as next week: "The Ministry of Health called me today and assured me that from the 14th of the month training will return in full and games will be possible. But since I did not receive it in writing, Erez Kalfon issued a letter. "Threatening to fine teams that train in accordance with the law, I have no choice but to call on teams to draw conclusions. If what they told me orally is in writing, I will stop training immediately. Hapoel Tel Aviv and Bnei Yehuda will also start training."
Erez Kalfon. Failed Where did basketball succeed? // Photo: Oren Ben Hakon
On the Deputy Director General of the Ministry of Health, Professor Itamar Grotto, Hogg said: "Grotto is not Putin and we are not in the dictatorship.
He can not shut down the whole sport because of ego, to get him down quickly from the tree he climbed.
If Grotto cares about the health of footballers he will not take care of them just because of corona disease.
"You'll see after we get back big muscle injuries that until they get in shape they suddenly put them on hiatus."
On the large amount of infections in the league, Hogg said: "I am not afraid of a wave of infections in my team. We look at the corona as injuries and the lowest risk is for football players. I also fell ill in the corona, the US president also fell ill in the corona, and we are healthy.
"There is an outline of the UEFA and even if there are infections in the team we will deal with it just as we deal with injuries during the season. Grotto explicitly said that he is not afraid of infection during a football game."