Doron Ben Dor 11/02/2021 16:54
Yoav Katz and the Derby Events (Radad Jabara, Omri Stein)
by the time Yoav Katz Woke up this morning (Thursday) in the US when in Israel already in the afternoon, the owner of Hapoel Haifa realized that last night’s commotion in the Carmel derby could put some of his trainees mentioned in the referee’s report into a big problem of penalties following the clashes between the clubs. In a conversation with ONE, Katz talks about things.
What do you say about the fact that a number of your players are going to be prosecuted following the events in the derby?
“Regarding our players, I saw that Turgeman, Capiloto and Dor Malul tried to separate. It was not a boxing match except for two people in civilian clothes who I did not recognize. No one with us was involved in boxing. It was something not pretty, everything that happened, but not something very, very ugly. I saw my players trying to separate and that was explicitly including Yahav Gurfinkel and Hanan Maman. Someone trying to separate snatches a blow and then he starts defending. Lots of people from both groups. When you try to separate, the other side thinks you are trying to attack him. “
But what, all your players just tried to separate and did not attack the opposite side?
“Obviously. I do not see them killing an ant. These are very gentle people. Gal Erel is one hundred percent truthful and will not say anything that did not happen. If Erel claims he was attacked then he was attacked. I believe him a thousand percent. Gal Erel is a real man, there are not many people like him. Gal does not punch, he is not the type, he is a very gentle person. “
There have been many derbies in Haifa over the years, what is important is who towed and who towed?
“It does matter who is dragged and who is dragged. Here was one guy who lit a barrel of barrel of gunpowder. The media said that. Neta Lavi’s interview at the end was not the nicest either, but I understand him because Neta was in post-match emotions. “San Menachem was no small provocateur and he was the one who set everything on fire.”
What do you have to say to parents who see it together with their children?
“Unfortunately it happened but it should not happen. It was not so terrible as described with punches. It was mostly urgency. It was not the nicest in the world but it was not the worst in the world. It was more urgent than those who were dressed in civilian clothes and I do not know them. “
Good thing there was no audience in your opinion in a game like this?
“I think it’s a shame there was no audience. I do not think and do not believe that this would have happened to an audience because the audience is a gifted example. “
There is a corona and it is also really not suitable to wrestle in this way.
“The fact that there is a corona and very stressed people does not add up. This is a time when people are in a bad mood. In general in Corona to see everyone like that is not the nicest. There was someone here who lit a barrel of gunpowder and otherwise it would not have happened. I’m sure that if San Menachem had known where his roar towards our bench would lead he would not have acted like that. “
You know the penalties will be between one game and four games.
No Hapoel Haifa player should receive a penalty except for the provocateur and the one who punched. If there was an urgency it happens but if there were punches people should be punished ”.
Do you remember such a thing in the Haifa derby?
“I do not remember such a phenomenon. It is a pity that the judges did not mention those who wanted to separate. “Maybe there was one or two punches not too much. It doesn’t look good but it doesn’t look so bad.”
What do you say about the principal’s initiative for sulha?
“The principal spoke to us that the captains would meet for a sulha meeting. I welcome that. Meanwhile the captains initiated. On the one hand, they talk to us about sulha and on the other hand, they don’t talk the best. ”
