In the center of the Tel Aviv derby this evening (Saturday) stood the special nets that were installed to prevent flares from being thrown onto the field, but did not do their job when the game was stopped for 13 minutes at the start due to flares thrown by both audiences and penetrating them.
The sports hall company stated in response:
"Unfortunately, we once again encountered violent and criminal behavior by a handful of fans who used unsafe means of combat and caused danger to human life. As was said, this is the first game where the nets were installed as an experiment. The nets significantly reduced the damage to the players and the game and stopped a significant portion of the flares and objects that were thrown onto the field ".
"We are investigating how some of the flares got through the net and we will make sure to improve the system to prevent their passage as well. It seems that there will be no escape from reducing the intervals in the nets from 5 cm to 2.3 cm, even if unfortunately this may lead to damage to the viewing experience, We wanted to avoid it."
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