The situation in Israel is tense!
Hapoel and Maccabi Tel Aviv they would meet in the semi-final of the country’s League Cup. However, the match never took place, as the former refused to compete, due to the police’s treatment of her fans!
“We have sports fans and not criminals. Since the morning we started receiving messages that the police were treating tonight’s game as a war event and our fans, children, women and men from 8 to 80 years old, as potential criminals. For this reason, we decided that we should not go down to compete. Sports belong to the fans”Hapoel wrote on social media, which even received support from Hapoel Jerusalem.
According to what is reported by the well-known Israeli website “Walla”, the police were worried because of the incidents that happened in the football derby Tel Aviv a few days earlier. The checks were very strict, the gates opened slowly and the police demands of her friends Hapoel to show IDs angered the latter.
The opening whistle was blown, but her players Hapoel was not on the floor, therefore h Maccabi he directly qualified for the final, where he will play with Hapoel Jerusalem.
Source: Sport Fm
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