Ex-Player Sahar Mizrahi Banned for Abusive Outburst at Referee
Translated & summarized from Mako by baba
Former Israeli football player Sahar Mizrahi, now a coach, received a ten-game actual suspension and a twenty-game suspended ban for verbally abusing a referee. Mizrahi entered the field and hurled insults at referee Aya Faraj after a penalty was awarded. The adjudicator cited racist and offensive behavior for the punishment.
The story in 5 lines · by baba
- Coach Sahar Mizrahi received a ten-game actual ban and twenty suspended games.
- Mizrahi verbally abused referee Aya Faraj after a penalty kick.
- The coach allegedly used racist and offensive slurs against the referee.
- Mizrahi was stopped from approaching the referee while raising his fist.
- The adjudicator cited racist behavior and insulting a referee for the ban.
Former Israeli football player Sahar Mizrahi, now a coach for Liga Bet team Maccabi Holon, has been suspended for ten actual games and an additional twenty suspended games. The decision was made by adjudicator Yishai Yishinovsky Yariv, who ruled that Mizrahi had crossed a line. Mizrahi was not present for the hearing.
The incident occurred in the 92nd minute of a match where Beit Shemesh Petah Tikva was awarded an 11-meter penalty kick. According to the match report filed by referee Aya Faraj, the daughter of Issawi Faraj, Mizrahi entered the field of play and shouted at her, "You have no idea." After being shown a red card, Mizrahi allegedly continued his verbal assault with highly offensive and racist slurs, including "whore," "slut," and "stinking Arab."
The referee's report also stated that the manager of Maccabi Holon intervened and stopped Mizrahi from approaching her while he was raising his fist in her direction. The adjudicator cited Mizrahi's racist and offensive behavior, as well as insulting a referee, as the reasons for the severe punishment.
Mizrahi was a prominent player for Bnei Yehuda in the late 1990s and early 2000s, spending seven seasons in their youth department and is considered one of the club's greatest and most beloved players. He concluded his role at the Bnei Yehuda football school this past summer.
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