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The private international match between Norway and Israel, to be played tonight at the Ullevaal stadium, was canceled just hours before kick-off.
The Norwegian Health Directorate believes there is a risk of infection between players and support staff if tonight’s international match between Norway and Israel takes place and the match is canceled.
The reactions have not been long in coming in Israel and now various media are experiencing that the Israel Football Association is considering demanding NFF for the costs of the trip to Norway.
The information is confirmed by the association’s communications manager in an interview with the Sport 5 television channel.
– There is no doubt that the case is with the local authorities and not with the Norwegian Football Association, and in this case, each local authority can decide its own rules in accordance with UEFA protocol. In any case, the Israeli federation plans to sue the Norwegian federation for the expenses of the trip to Norway. An amount that is around 80,000 euros (850,000 crowns), says the communications manager of the Israel Football Association, Shlomi Barzel, in the interview with the television channel Sport 5.
Norway – Israel canceled
Establish to fulfill obligations
Pål Bjerketvedt, general secretary of the Norwegian Football Association, is unaware of the information about a lawsuit from the Israel Football Association.
– I do not know. “We have made an assessment that is due to the Norwegian authorities and there are some factors that give some financial obligations that we are willing to assume,” Bjerketvedt tells Dagbladet.
– Without knowing the details, this is such a special situation. We are prepared to meet the obligations, he continues.
The players surprised
The Israeli players are said to have welcomed the news of the cancellation, as well as being shocked.
– We are still in the hotel, we received the message with surprise. They didn’t tell us if there was a connection to the crown or not, only that the match was canceled and that we were going to the Czech Republic. If you ask me, this case has created noise here, says an anonymous player according to the Israeli Maariv.
The Israeli press officer, for his part, will not comment on the cancellation.
“No comment from us regarding the canceled match,” writes Israel’s press manager Eitan Dotan in a message to Dagbladet.
The Israeli team will be in Norway until tomorrow, when it moves to the Czech Republic for the Nations League deal on Sunday.
