Basketball
Wild night in Maccabi, fans in dressing room, Sfeiropoulos – players flee
Angry Maccabi fans tried to book the team’s dressing room, with the players and Giannis Sfeiropoulos fleeing after the loss to Hapoel Tel Aviv and being excluded from the cup final.
Maccabi’s ups and downs during the season are numerous, they are big and the Tel Aviv team remain unable to play at the level they want and are able to. The loss to Hapoel Tel Aviv in the semifinals of the cup angered the club’s fans, who, according to the SPORT5 website, exploded after the game ended.
“The players were trapped in the dressing room after the loss as some fans tried to break into them and cursed them. Stadium security stepped in, the players fled through a back door while Giannis Sfeiropoulos pulled away with an escort to get safely to his car“, reports SPORT5.
Journalists even asked Sfeiropoulos if this would be his last game with the Tel Aviv team and the Greek manager replied: “That’s a question you should ask the owners, not me“This was the third loss in a row against Maccabi’s main opponents, as Walla said.”During the season there were thoughts of firing Sfeiropoulos but the team preferred to continue with him and show him confidence. Tonight he had to leave the stadium with an escort while being insulted by angry fans“.
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