Umm Al Fahm has a different atmosphere when it comes to football. Arriving at the “HaShalom” stadium, which has a huge police station right next to it, already makes you think why the two are so close. The city that you hear regarding mostly in the news and not always on the positive side, showed that in football it is also possible otherwise.
The president of Maccabi Haifa Ya’akov Shahar does not come to all of the team’s away games, but this time he came to receive the title of “Dearest of the Arab Society” awarded to him by the chairman of the group from the sector, Ahmed Abu Alam. A few minutes later, the Palestinian flag was raised in the stands of The host, perhaps to take advantage of the champion’s arrival to convey a different message.
Ya’akov Shahar receives an honor, photo: Maor Alxalsi
It is difficult to separate the waving of the flag from the war in Gaza, there are quite a few fans who felt uncomfortable in the stands of the Maccabi Haifa fans, mainly because the politics, mixed with hard fighting and the 7/10 disaster, are still here, open and bleeding. But in the end, Maccabi Haifa came to Umm El Fahem to play football and they advanced to the quarter-finals of the State Cup quite easily.
Masai Dago managed to rest nine of his ten players from the 0:5 over MS. Ashdod and still return from Umm El Fahem with a result named following the stadium, in peace, with 0:2 without unnecessary effort.
Maccabi Haifa celebrates, photo: Maor Alxalsi
Degu sign “V” for rest, absence of injuries and also for the ticket to the quarter finals. Sof Podgorano scored first (43) and the substitute Franzdi Piero, the hot man in this period following the quartet in Ashdod, closed the story of the game in the 84th minute.
On the other hand, Hapoel Umm Al Fahm got its stage, but in the past, it had more local players, such that the State Cup was exactly the place to fight for the place where they grew up. This time she had a stage, but Maccabi Haifa took her down very quickly.
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