ONE WRITINGS 17/02/2021 09:30
Dolev Haziza in front of Idan Vered (Oren Ben Hakon)
The director of the football leagues, together with representatives of all the teams, will convene today (Wednesday) for a special meeting to decide whether to follow the outline that allows only 500 fans to enter the stadiums starting next week.
The administration demanded that the teams be allowed to bring in 30% of the contents of each stadium, but because of the approval for the culture, they also allowed the sport to bring in the ridiculous amount. Entry will only be allowed to those who have been vaccinated or contracted in Corona and recovered. Children up to the age of 16 will not be able to enter.
It is still unclear who will be responsible for checking who will enter – the teams or the police, whether and in what form the 500 fans are supposed to sit, whether it is allowed to bring drinks and food from home and there are many more holes that will have to close.
In any case it will be made clear to the groups that they will have to prepare for the arrival of a larger amount of crowd and therefore they will have to prepare for this in terms of security forces. In a situation of only 500 fans a decision may be made that only a home crowd will enter the games.
For most teams, it is clear that such an outline will result in financial losses, create resentment and anger of the fan base and damage the trust of the fans, who have been cut off from the teams for about a year.
What is the position of the groups?
BMaccabi Haifa Waiting for the principal’s decision on the matter, but opposing the outline of only 500 fans. Also inMaccabi Tel Aviv Waiting for instructions from the principal, but at the same time the Yellows believe that 500 fans should be allowed to enter each stand in Bloomfield – 500 at gate 11, 500 at gate 8, etc.
Among the large groups, only bBeitar Jerusalem Support the return of the audience in an outline of 500 fans and await the principal’s decision. Oren Sterling, CEO Hapoel Haifa, Clearly stated the position of the club opposing the outline: “For 500 people I do not think it would be right to open and bear the costs.” Avi Luzon, the strong man inMacabi Petach-Tikva, He said on the subject: It is too little, but we will wait for clarifications and after that we will decide. “
In groups that do not have a large audience support the proposed outline. Mtax. Ashdod It was stated: “We will certainly prefer a number of fans higher than 500. We assume this will happen in a very battle, within a week or two. In any case, the very principle of returning and returning fans to the pitches is welcome. “
Also inHapoel Hadera Supporters. Oren Golan, the team’s professional manager: “I am very happy that we are starting the process of getting the crowd to the pitches. This is a wonderful moment for football fans. I believe it is a pilot that will start as a first step and very quickly get the whole crowd on the pitches and return to the routine we all love.”
MBnei Sakhnin It was reported: “A welcome and encouraging step. It is important to ensure meticulous and efficient logistics that are easy to carry out. “Urban Kiryat Shmona, Who seem to have 500 fans can do for them regardless of the outline, said on the subject: “We are of course in favor provided it is a Ministry of Health approval for recovering or vaccinated a second time.”
Participated in the preparation of the article: Raz Amir, Doron Ben Dor, Amit Karko, Maor Rahmani, Guy Ben Ziv, Itzik towards me, Shalom Elbaz.
