Last night, a player of the Jewish indoor football team Maccabi Nederland was injured in a fight after a match in the Emergohal in Amstelveen. A player of the opponent, Atletico from Amsterdam-West, was arrested for assault.
According to Maccabi, it would be anti-Semitic violence, the municipality writes in a statement† Police have launched an investigation into the cause of the fight. According to a spokesperson, both parties have made different statements.
hard duels
Around 11 p.m., the Amstelveen police received a report of a fight. Once the officers entered the sports hall, things seemed quite calmed. However, one Atletico player was arrested on suspicion of violence.
According to the Israel Information and Documentation Center (CIDI), Atletico’s players went into the duels pretty hard. So hard, in fact, that Maccabi decided to leave the field. Atletico, according to Maccabi’s witnesses, did not leave it at that and went into a fight with a ‘travelled hooligan’.
Hitler salute
Emergohal staff immediately called the police. According to the players of Maccabi, Atletico has also been guilty of anti-Semitic remarks and the giving of the Hitler salute in addition to violence.
In an earlier game, at the beginning of March this year, there was already a disagreement between the two teams. An Atletico player was shown a red card for kicking after, after which an anti-Semitic verbal abuse broke out, according to the CIDI. “Jews, football, you can fill it in yourself,” said a spokesman for Maccabi on the CIDI website†
The Atletico player was still stuck on the desk this afternoon.