Exclusive: Documentation of security cameras from the incident in Be'er Sheva
Three weeks ago, Raz Meir was sent off in the middle of the game because he shouted insults at Hapoel Beer Sheva.
Following the request for "Freedom of Information" by the Success Association, the recordings were released.
Now you too can get a peek
Yaniv Tuchman
09/02/2022
Wednesday, 09 February 2022, 16:04 Updated: 16:12
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Photo from the locker rooms in the game between Maccabi Haifa and Hapoel Beer Sheva (Walla! Sports system)
Adv. Elad Mann (Photo: Yachz)
The event starts at 1:02 minutes.
The dismissal of Maccabi Haifa player Raz Meir in the half of his team's game against Hapoel Beer Sheva excited the football world last month.
According to the court report, a riot broke out during the descent to the locker rooms in the middle and Meir was sent off for shouting insults at the Hapoel Beer Sheva staff
. The security cameras of Toto Turner Stadium, and allow a first glimpse of what really happened in the middle of the game.
It is important to note that the very publication of the recordings is a precedent in the world of football, and it is to be hoped that this is a new standard of transparency that will be adopted by all bodies in the industry.
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Report jurisdiction indicating the event (Photo: Walla! Sports)
Maccabi Haifa claimed that Hapoel Beer Sheva's assistant coach, the former captain of the Greens, was the one who cursed the defender and led to the commotion, Meir replied to him and was therefore sent off.
The club did not understand why Meir was sent off during the break for cursing and claimed there was no push.
The judge noted that there was a push and also harsh curses.
Despite the numerical inferiority, Maccabi Haifa maintained its advantage and won 1: 2 against Turner.
This opened a four-point gap at the top.
Greens coach Barak Bachar turned to Bando with the promotion to the second half and told him: "Eric, congratulations, congratulations. Shame on you."
He told the referees: "Shame and disgrace, you are making a very serious mistake. You ruined the game for no reason."
At the end, Bendo told the people who were there: "Sherry complained to the judge, and then I said to the judge - 'Let them stop crying for you.' At that moment, Raz Meir arrived, pushed me and shouted: 'Who are you, you zero?'"
After checking with security officials, Bendo's entourage had already speculated that the assistant coach had told Sherry to stop crying to the referee and then Meir ran to him threateningly and shouted at him "Ya zero" but there was no physical contact.
Meir himself denied that there was a push and even officials in Haifa claimed that it was a lie: "This is not true. Eric cursed Raz and Raz cursed him back and was removed."
Magen Maccabi Haifa then posted a post on Facebook and wrote: "A group of men one by one, proud to be part of this family. I will start by saying that anyone who knows me knows my way of behaving and what I advocate as a human being. -10 players for no injustice as in. As in every game there was an exchange between the team players, nothing different from another game happened. the amazing".
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