Maccabi Haifa today (Monday) filed an appeal to the Football Association's court for a penalty of closing the north stand and a NIS 35,000 fine for throwing 5 objects and a ball onto the field of play.
The champion will demand to cancel the penalty of closing the stands, which is a collective penalty against 8,000 fans with subscriptions, causing great financial damage to the club.
Also at the club's request to separate a separation between the upper stand and the lower stand.
"The court erred in its judgment when it imposed on the appellant such a severe penalty of closing the stands while ignoring her active actions to eradicate the riot of the fans. All violators of the order were caught, criminal proceedings were opened, the right to purchase a subscription/ticket was denied and they will be sued civilly."
"There is no doubt that the circumstances detailed above in combination with the fact that no person or property was harmed; the game was not stopped or delayed and the charges were not filed under unusual circumstances do not justify a deviation from the mandatory penalties, it should be remembered that the club carries out active actions to eradicate the throwing of objects and which are not carried out by groups others," they added.
At the end it is written: "This, the decision constitutes an extreme deviation and an incomprehensible deviation from the punishments given to the appellant and other teams for similar offenses until now. This is a deviation that is contrary to the reasonable expectations of the club, a deviation that undermines the uniformity of the punishments and the equality between the groups."
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