Hapoel Petah Tikva Appeals Technical Loss Over Player Substitution
Translated & summarized from Sport5 by baba
Hapoel Petah Tikva has filed a 67-page appeal against a technical loss for fielding an ineligible player against Maccabi Netanya. The club argues the referee erred and the substitution rules were misinterpreted. They seek to reinstate the original 1-1 scoreline. The appeal comes after the team's first win in seven games.
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- Hapoel Petah Tikva filed a 67-page appeal against a technical loss for fielding an ineligible player.
- The club argues the referee made a mistake in applying game rules.
- They claim the substitution rules were misinterpreted by the disciplinary panel.
- Hapoel Petah Tikva seeks to reinstate the original 1-1 match result.
- The appeal follows the team's first win in seven games.
Hapoel Petah Tikva is appealing a technical loss imposed for fielding an ineligible player against Maccabi Netanya. The club submitted a 67-page appeal to the Supreme Court on Monday, seeking to overturn the decision. The team's appeal argues that referee Gal Leibovitz made an error in applying the game's rules, and that the incident was a refereeing mistake, not the club's fault.
Hapoel Petah Tikva contends that the game should not have been stopped because, according to IFAB laws, a player refusing to leave the field when designated for substitution does not necessitate halting play. The club also claims the substitution of Roey Levy was not completed legally and did not provide Maccabi Netanya with a sporting advantage, thus not affecting the game's outcome.
The appeal further asserts that the game's laws supersede the Football Association's regulations, and that disciplinary panel members Noam Livin and Nir Sumogorov misinterpreted the regulations. The club also argues that the penalty of a technical loss is disproportionate, even if there was a procedural error in the substitution, stating it does not constitute fielding an ineligible player.
Ultimately, Hapoel Petah Tikva is requesting that the original match result of 1-1 be reinstated. The team is heading into this appeal process after a positive run, having secured their first win in seven games, which led coach Omer Peretz to grant the players a week off.
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