Former Israeli Soccer Player Banned for Racist and Abusive Outburst at Referee
Translated & summarized from N12 by baba
Former Israeli soccer player Sahar Mizrahi, now a coach, received a ten-game ban plus a twenty-game suspended sentence for racist and abusive language directed at a female referee. The incident occurred after a penalty was awarded, leading to Mizrahi's ejection and subsequent outburst. The judge cited racist and offensive behavior in his ruling.
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- Former player Sahar Mizrahi banned 10 games plus 20 suspended for referee abuse.
- Mizrahi directed racist and abusive language at referee Aya Faraj.
- The incident occurred after a penalty was awarded in a Liga Bet match.
- Mizrahi's manager prevented him from approaching the referee with a raised fist.
- Mizrahi was a celebrated player for Bnei Yehuda in the 1990s and 2000s.
Former Israeli soccer player Sahar Mizrahi, now a coach for Hapoel Holon in Liga Bet, has been suspended for ten games with an additional twenty games suspended. The punishment was handed down in absentia after Mizrahi failed to appear for his hearing. Judge Yishai Yishinovsky Yariv imposed the severe penalty, stating Mizrahi had crossed a line.
The incident occurred in the 92nd minute of a match between Hapoel Holon and Beitar Petah Tikva. After a penalty was awarded to Beitar Petah Tikva, Mizrahi entered the field and yelled at the referee, Aya Faraj, daughter of Issawi Faraj, "You have no idea." Following his ejection from the game, Mizrahi reportedly escalated his verbal abuse, shouting "Whore, slut, stinking Arab, I'm sick of these referees who have no idea, your mother's c***."
The referee's report noted that the manager of Hapoel Holon intervened and stopped Mizrahi from approaching her while he was raising his fist in her direction. The judge cited racist and offensive behavior, as well as insulting a referee, as the reasons for the punishment.
Mizrahi was a prominent figure for the Bnei Yehuda club in the 1990s and early 2000s, spending seven seasons in their youth department and considered one of the club's greatest and most beloved players. He concluded his tenure at Bnei Yehuda's football school this past summer.
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