What a fickle season Hapoel Kiryat Shmona is going through, which started excellently with a period in first place, and then deteriorated significantly with five consecutive losses. However, most of the group’s preoccupation is with the refereeing of its games, especially in light of all the cases in which there have been claims (sometimes even justified, according to the official announcements of the referees’ union) for discrimination.
We decided to focus here on the notable cases where KS suffered from the decisions of the referees, whether the principals or the VARs, which led to losses or loss of points in the closing minutes. , And gave 0: 1 to Maccabi Tel Aviv, included here, And the summary of the game can be seen in the video in the player above.
29.11 – Against Maccabi Netanya (0: 0)
The controversial incident came in the 13th minute, when Uri Dahan’s goal was disqualified on the grounds of dissent. This led the owner, Izzy Shretzky, to criticize the referee of the game, Shlomi Ben Avraham: “Why not go to VAR? What did you sculpt?”.
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5.12 – Against Maccabi Haifa (3: 0)
KS was no less good than the leader of the table, and when referee Gal Leibowitz whistled for Pendel to her credit, the optimism rose to new heights – except that KS did not know what was going to happen eight minutes later. Leibowitz approached VAR, canceled the penalty and also the yellow card for Raz Meir. The northerners claimed that the offense was committed off the field and that Meir’s duty was to remove the red card.
In the second half, Maccabi Haifa won a penalty and a goal approved by the VAR, despite the hoisting of the Kwon flag. , Barak Bachar: “Received gifts, they are a good enough group.”
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13.12 – Against Hapoel Beer Sheva (2: 1)
Here the main claim was that Sean Goldberg committed a wide offense on Roi Kehat, but KS did not receive a whistle for Pendel. The club refused to calm down and sent an angry letter to the referees: ” Judgment that deprives our group. “The issue of refereeing errors in the Kiryat Shmona games is particularly frustrating, since not only is this repeated week after week, the many mistakes in our games are repeated year after year.”
“The penalty for Roi Kehat, my lady (Ronit Tirosh), is hard to miss with the naked eye, especially with repetitive gears. It’s hard not to think about where Kiryat Shmona could have been this season if in some cases the judges had whistled according to law and justice.”
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