Maccabi Haifa fans were sexually harassed?
The Lisbon police haven't even heard of it
After the harsh testimony from the green crowd about the behavior of the security guards in the game against Benfica, the local police claim: We have not received a single complaint
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08/09/2022
Thursday, September 8, 2022, 12:10 p.m
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Maccabi Haifa player Sof Podgorano measured at the end of the match against Benfica (Photo: Shlomo Weiss)
The harsh testimonies of Maccabi Haifa fans about sexual harassment that supposedly passed an inspection at the Stadium of Light in Lisbon, also reached Portugal.
The local media published some of the testimonies in the last day, but the Lisbon police claim: we haven't heard about it.
A senior source in the Lisbon police told the local "Record" website that not a single complaint from fans has been received by the police.
Maccabi Haifa, for its part, is collecting the evidence and intends to pass it on to the authorities.
According to the club, "Even in the inspection phase before the fans entered the stadium, we received the evidence and immediately turned to the UEFA observer and the representative of the Israeli police who assisted us.
We are sorry for the difficult experience our fans went through and we will contact the relevant UEFA authorities as mentioned."
Hard evidence, indifferent reactions.
Maccabi Haifa fans in Portugal (Photo: Walla! System, Shlomo Weiss, Lisbon)
As I recall, the hard evidence was published last night.
Many Haifa fans claimed that the security guards touched their private parts as part of the check before entering the stadium.
"I've been a soccer fan for 23 years, I've been all over the world with Maccabi Haifa. I'm 35 years old and in my life I've never been through or seen what we went through and saw in Lisbon," said fan Reut Polanski.
"They let us in one after the other with large gaps and each one of us was sexually harassed - women, children, adults, the disabled. The security guards were wearing gloves, I was directed to the security guard who started with a normal check, touched my legs and from there started going up my body. Then she reached towards my chest, She put her hand under my shirt and lifted my bra. I yelled at her not to touch me like that, so she got angry, called another security guard and told her that I was causing trouble. The other security guard told me that if I resisted the search, I would not be able to enter the stadium, and I told her that I did not resist the search , except that it is sexual harassment to send hands under the bra."
Polanski continued: "The second security guard said she was asking for permission to check me again, and I replied that as long as the check is fair there is no problem. Again she started touching me from below, started to go up and then pulled my jeans, pushed my whole hand towards my butt and inserted a finger inside. I screamed at her and pushed her. A female police officer ran to me, grabbed my hand and took me aside - at that moment I already had tears in my throat. I explained to her what the two security guards had done to me and she claimed that these were instructions from UEFA, and that if I resisted the inspection one more time they would leave me outside the stadium and they will take care of me."
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