Israel’s main team, Maccabi Haifa, formalized its request to UEFA and joined Maccabi Tel Aviv in asking for help from the European entity
This Monday, the 16th, the Maccabi Haifain Israelfiled a formal request with the UEFA to request the postponement of your game at Europa League. Next to the Maccabi Tel Avivanother team in the country, the clubs sent an official document to the entity and indicated the war as a reason for their matches not to take place.
On October 26th, Maccabi Haifa takes action against the Villarreal, in the third round of Group F of the Europa League. The match is scheduled to take place on Spanish soil. Maccabi Tel Aviv faces the Zoryaby Group B of Conference League. The clubs’ justification is that there is no climate or concentration to step on the pitch in the middle of war.
This is the least the European football community can do for us in these difficult times, when our country is under war. It is impossible to focus on football at a time when we are mourning the dead“, said the general director of Maccabi Haifa in a letter to UEFA.
Source: sportbuzz
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