Toto Cup Final Halted Due to Flares, Fan Chants Lead to Fines
Translated & summarized from Sport5 by baba
The Toto Cup final between Maccabi Tel Aviv and Hapoel Tel Aviv was stopped due to flares. Hapoel Tel Aviv was fined NIS 20,000 for antisemitic chants in a previous match. Maccabi Tel Aviv faces a conditional ban on away ticket sales following the recent derby.
The story in 4 lines · by baba
- Toto Cup final between Maccabi Tel Aviv and Hapoel Tel Aviv stopped due to flares.
- Hapoel Tel Aviv fined NIS 20,000 for "Holocaust for Maccabi" chants.
- Maccabi Tel Aviv faces conditional ban on away ticket sales.
- Referee Snir Levy halted the match due to smoke at Bloomfield Stadium.
The Toto Cup final between Maccabi Tel Aviv and Hapoel Tel Aviv was stopped shortly after its scheduled start on Thursday due to the lighting of flares. The thick smoke billowing from the Bloomfield Stadium left referee Snir Levy no choice but to halt the match.
This incident follows recent events in the Tel Aviv derby, where Maccabi Tel Aviv is currently facing a conditional penalty of a one-game away ticket sales ban. Meanwhile, Hapoel Tel Aviv was fined NIS 20,000 on Thursday following antisemitic chants of "Let there be a Holocaust for Maccabi" during their last game against Hapoel Jerusalem at Teddy Stadium.
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