With the final whistle of Liran Liani, a brawl developed on the grass with the participation of the players of both teams, the bench members and the general manager of Hapoel Haifa •
The ugly brawl at the end of the derby, tonight with Sami Ofer
Photography:
Maor Alexelsi
Photography:
Maor Alexelsi
Photography:
Maor Alexelsi
A huge commotion at the end of the Haifa derby held tonight (0: 2 to Maccabi Haifa).
With the final whistle of referee Liran Liani, a brawl developed with the participation of the players of both teams, the bench members and even the CEOs, Assaf Ben Dov from Maccabi and Oren Sterling from Hapoel found themselves trying to separate but without success.
The ugly incident began when Maccabi Haifa defender San Menachem shouted at the red bench: "Yes, go home."
From here the winds soon heated up.
Eden Ben-Best from Hapoel, burst out of the bench, and immediately after, all the players joined on the grass.
The general manager of Maccabi Haifa, Assaf Ben Dov, found himself in the center until he fell on the grass in a very unusual play.
All the while, the judges, led by Liran Liani, tried to separate the parties but without success.
The players continued to melee even as they descended towards the locker rooms.
Liani had no choice but to wait for all the players to enter the locker room to go out and watch the event on the VAE system and later tonight he is expected to write the report where the events will be mentioned and involved, when it is not impossible that there will be players from both teams.
Gal Erel was excited at the end, when he said: "I won a derby neither one nor two in my career, it's okay to celebrate and rejoice, but when San Menachem shouts at us 'fly home rags', so what do we expect?
Beyond that, the Maccabi Haifa club, which prides itself as a club before the player, Assaf Ben Dov goes down to the field like the last of the brats and raises his hands, I have photos of Ben Dov attacking me.
"Maccabi Haifa should be ashamed, this is a certificate of poverty for Israeli football that the CEO of Maccabi Haifa is attacking me. I think what to do with the photos. Consider a civil lawsuit. We are not rags, we are a very big club in Israeli football. No comfort and no one from Maccabi Haifa will call us "Rags, and certainly not the general manager of Maccabi Haifa. I went through a lot of derbies, it's okay to be happy and legitimate. Even when I won, I did not tease the opponent's bench and said they were rags. Ben Dov attacked me, I will sit and see, send me a photo right at the end of the game."
Maccabi Haifa reported: "Ben Dov went down to separate. A player who acts as the last of the fans deserves and will not complain. We won, celebrated and were attacked."