Summary of Hapoel Tel Aviv's victory 1:3 over Beitar Jerusalem (Sport1)
Danilo Asperia was fined NIS 2,000 and received a conditional suspension from two games for a year following his defiant celebration in Beitar Jerusalem's loss to Hapoel Tel Aviv on Sunday, according to Judge Israel Shimoni.
Asperia appeared at the Football Association's court today and claimed that the Hapoel Tel Aviv fans growled at him and called him a 'monkey', so he decided to celebrate as he celebrated: "A handful of Hapoel Tel Aviv fans growled at me, so after scoring a goal I ran towards them and made the growls of monkeys. This is not It's the first time this has happened, and I hope it stops," said the Colombian, referring to his claims in the game against Maccabi Haifa. "I didn't appeal to the referee because in the game against Maccabi Haifa I complained to the referee and he did nothing about it."
Complained about growling, defied and punished.
Library (Photo: Danny Maron)
Despite Asperia's words, the judge Shimoni claimed in the verdict: "The player admits that he made a defiant gesture towards the Hapoel Tel Aviv crowd after he scored, but claims that the incident was the result of growls at him. By his admission, the player confirms inappropriate behavior, which is true even if there is truth in his version , the growls of the opposing crowd should not allow him to behave defiantly towards them."
It should be noted that Esperia was prosecuted even though the incident was not mentioned in the judge's report.
Hapoel Tel Aviv responded: "It is puzzling - and even quite embarrassing, to hear the claims of the actor Danilo Asperia against the team's fans. One of the songs from the repertoire of the Hapoel Tel Aviv fans opens with cheers - and immediately after them the song "We will shake the whole city" begins.
These are not growls, but cheers and warm-ups for a song that the fans have been singing for over a decade.
Asperia's claim is delusional and disconnected from reality - and he had better investigate thoroughly before hurling baseless accusations against the team's fans, in order to justify his defiant behavior - which caused passions to flare up in a game that was already charged." Beitar asked to respond to the Reds' announcement and said: "No one
should Understand that this is the beginning of a song, especially a foreign actor. The tense atmosphere that was there should not be tied to the matter and not used cynically. Maybe they want the next game Danilo to learn their songs by heart."
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Other clubs that were fined by the court today were Maccabi Haifa and Maccabi Bnei Rayna.
The champion was fined NIS 7,000 after a glass of drink was thrown onto the lawn, however the punishment was lighter than usual due to the identification and location of the thrower.
On the other hand, Benny Rayna was fined NIS 25,000 due to the lighting of flares by her fans in the game against Nes Ziona Section on Saturday.
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