Maccabi Haifa returns from the national team's deficit straight to the Haifa derby. The fan organizations of the Greens, the Maccabi Haifa team, as of these moments, are apparently and what appears to be expected are expected to continue their boycott of the team's games, including the intriguing Haifa derby game that will take place this weekend (Saturday, 29/3/2025), a game that will start at 20:15 PM against the Reds, the Hapoel Haifa team.
As is well known, the organizations are not happy that the police are not allowing them to return and bring full cheering equipment onto the field, and the police also still want part of the stands on the field to be covered, which takes away nearly 200 seats for the burned-out Maccabi Haifa fans. As of this writing, nearly 8,500 Green fans have secured their seats in the derby game on Saturday, when the Greens were allocated nearly 12,000 tickets, while nearly 2,000 Red fans of Hapoel Haifa are also expected to attend the intriguing game on Saturday. The "Green Monkeys" organization has already announced that it will not attend the game, and this is because the Haifa police did not meet its demands. It appears that on Saturday's derby, the "Sammy Ofer" Stadium will only be half full, meaning only close to 15,000 Green and Red fans together.
Meanwhile, it should be noted that recently, before the game against Beitar Jerusalem, Itzik Ovadia, CEO of Maccabi Haifa Football Club, said: "Maccabi Haifa takes every problem seriously and works with the police and with fan representatives. We want to see them in the stands. We sought to build a triangle of trust between the police, fans and the club.
We have a great deal of respect for the order of the police. There was an agreement to bring amplification and drums. There is a naivety here that I don't like. From the impression I have that the police want there to be encouragement here, I cannot take responsibility for an object that entered the "Sami Ofer" stadium in Haifa. There are police who do their job in the best possible way. We want to find a solution and for the fans to have the tools to cheer. There is good communication between the police and the club, there is no football without fans, and we want a stand without violence."
