“Judges’ fear of quarrelsome owners paralyzes them”

After Maccabi Netanya attacked Avi Luzon, chairman of Maccabi Petah Tikva, today (Thursday), claiming that he makes regular contact with the refereeing teams before, during and at the end of games, Shaul Schneider, a member of the Football Association’s board, sent a firm letter The judges, Ronit Tirosh. “Apparently it has become commonplace that the refereeing displays at the Maccabi Netanya games are displays that clearly discriminate against the team,” he wrote. Schneider Among other things.

Schneider added: “Yesterday, the touch of the Maccabi Petah Tikva player’s hand could be clearly seen before the equalizer scored in their favor. This incident joins a host of other incidents such as in the case of Joshua’s elbow, Zlatan Shachovich’s delusional dismissal, unbeaten penalties for the team, as in the previous game against Hapoel Tel Aviv, and the trending refereeing reports against the team officials, disproportionately and completely Invalidity of rival teams. The hard and cumulative feeling stems from the fact that the owners of the team do not usually attack and rage against the referees and the Football Association, is in its backyard. “

Eitan Shmuelevich during the Maccabi Netanya game (Hagai Michaeli)

Schneider also raised concerns when he wrote: “The fear that probably exists among the referees and the officials in the referees’ union, paralyzes them when they come to make decisions against the teams that the owners quarrel and attack the referees and causes blatant injustice. It is possible that the only way is to carry out a comprehensive, serious and in-depth examination which will empirically prove the bias in favor of certain teams and then to operate and clean the stables in an orderly and supervised manner by the UEFA. I intend to contact the Football Association chairman and legal adviser. A discussion on the issue in the management of the association. ”