The Football Association tends not to transfer the Haifa derby in the semi-finals of the State Cup, from Bloomfield Stadium to Sami Ofer.
There are currently two reasons for this: The first is logistical issues related to organizing two semi-finals at two different stadiums day after day.
The second is the apparent opposition of Hapoel B'Shlosha, which will play in the second semi-final against Maccabi Tel Aviv, and the fact that only Maccabi Haifa has so far officially turned up for the derby, while Hapoel Haifa, despite public remarks made by its owner Yoav Katz, did not turn up She is also on the subject.
This means that more than 20,000 fans of the two Haifa teams will have to make the long journey to the stadium in Jaffa, as planned in advance, unless all obstacles are removed.
Yesterday morning, Maccabi Haifa sent the letter to the association with a request to copy the derby in the semifinals.
During this time, opposition arose from hundreds of Hapoel Haifa fans, who passed on a request to their team that they prefer to play in Bloomfield in order to ostensibly cancel out any professional advantage to their urban rival.
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