Maccabi Tel Aviv Coach Yossi Abukasis Lashes Out at Fans After Match
Translated & summarized from Mako by baba
Bnei Sakhnin coach Yossi Abukasis engaged in a verbal altercation with Maccabi Tel Aviv fans following a 0-0 draw on October 26th. Abukasis claimed he was subjected to severe curses, including wishes of cancer for his family, throughout the match. He responded with his own curses, stating the fans' abuse was worse than his reaction. The coach argued that fans do not have the right to engage in such behavior, regardless of their ticket purchase.
The story in 5 lines · by baba
- Bnei Sakhnin coach Yossi Abukasis cursed at Maccabi Tel Aviv fans after a 0-0 draw.
- Abukasis claimed he was subjected to severe verbal abuse, including wishes of cancer, throughout the game.
- He stated the fans' curses were worse than his own reaction.
- Abukasis argued that fans do not have the right to curse severely, even with a ticket.
- The incident occurred on October 26th at Bloomfield Stadium.
Bnei Sakhnin coach Yossi Abukasis became embroiled in an ugly incident with a group of Maccabi Tel Aviv fans during and after a 0-0 draw between the two teams at Bloomfield Stadium on October 26th. Abukasis directed curses towards the stands, claiming he had been subjected to severe verbal abuse throughout the entire match. He alleged that a small group of Maccabi fans seated behind the Sakhnin bench wished cancer upon him and his daughters.
"They cursed me the whole game," Abukasis stated, responding to questions about his own outburst. "I think they deserve much more. The curses they hurled at me during the game... why aren't you saying that? It's a shame you didn't hear what they said above me, curses much worse than the word I said to them, and I was mumbling. There are coaches greater than me who erupt like this. You sit relaxed and don't hear the curses from the first minute."
Abukasis emphasized that while emotions run high in sports, he did not throw anything. He argued that fans also need to be educated and that Maccabi Tel Aviv's crowd does not have the right to hurl such severe curses from the start of the game. He asserted that purchasing a ticket does not grant permission for such behavior, adding that if the full extent of the abuse he received were known, "everyone would justify me."
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