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Maccabi Haifa appeared today (Wednesday) at the court of the Football Association for a hearing regarding a riot by its fans, which may lead to a point being deducted from the champion's balance sheet.
This time the association's prosecutor prosecuted the Greens due to events in the Haifa derby and in the game against Maccabi Tel Aviv: in the report of the meeting with the Yellows it was noted that dozens of flares were lit and mainly the throwing of one of them onto the grass, which led to the game being stopped for about a minute. The game was stopped against Hapoel Haifa for three and a half minutes because of smoke created by the lighting of flares in the stands, and in addition objects were thrown at Tomer Yosef of Hapoel Haifa.
As you know, discussions were also held today in the case of Maccabi and Hapoel Tel Aviv who appealed the point reduction penalties awarded to each of them.
The association's prosecutor, attorney Gilad Bergman/official website, Yaniv Tuchman
The main points of the discussion
5:21 p.m.: An official response to the allegations in the discussion was provided by Hapoel Haifa.
Yosef: "I spontaneously celebrated the goal for a few seconds near the stands near the goal. I had no intention of provoking the Maccabi Haifa crowd or provoking provocations."
The club stated: "In any case, there is no justification for throwing objects at players on the field while they are celebrating a goal. This is improper behavior."
17:05: Regarding the throwing of the objects at Yousfi, Attorney Ben Asa claimed that the Hapoel Haifa player celebrated the goal he scored in the derby by taunting the opponent's fans. Both Ben Asa and Ovadia condemned the throwing of the objects, but the CEO added: "To go to the stands and taunt It's disrespectful. Such blatant behavior has consequences."
17:00: The judges are expected to wait with their decision until there is a ruling in the Supreme Court regarding Hapoel Tel Aviv, which also appealed against the application of a suspended sentence, therefore if the reduction of the point from the Reds' balance is canceled, there would be no point in imposing a similar punishment on Maccabi Haifa.
4:58 p.m.: Bergman explains that "no one wants to drop points for the teams, but it is impossible to resort to selective enforcement"
4:45 p.m.: Attorney Bergman requests a suspended sentence to drop the point, and in addition a fine of NIS 61,500 for the 40 flares that were opened in the stands.
16:37: CEO of Maccabi Haifa Itzik Ovadia: "We caught the flare thrower on the lawn and we are filing a civil lawsuit against him."
16:30: Oral Greenfeld, who refereed against Maccabi Tel Aviv, testified at the hearing: "The fire caused me to delay the game for almost a minute."
16:25: Maccabi Haifa CEO Itzik Ovadia revealed during the discussion, as an argument that there is no need to punish the team by dropping a point, that UEFA fined the Greens 60,000 euros following the lighting of the flares in the game against Gent.
16:23: Maccabi Haifa representative, attorney Ofer Ben Asa: "The throwing of the flare onto the field did not cause more than a slight delay in the game.
Once a flare is thrown, there will obviously be a slight delay.
This is not an aggravating circumstance."
4:15 p.m.: The association's prosecutor, attorney Gilad Bergman: "One of the flares was thrown onto the grass after dozens of flares were set off in the stands. Maccabi Haifa is subject to a conditional penalty of a point reduction for any offense of fan rioting under aggravating circumstances. No This is Maccabi Haifa's first conviction, therefore it is correct and justified to apply the suspended sentence. It would be correct to wait with this verdict until there is a verdict in the Supreme Court in the Tel Aviv Hapoel appeal."
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