VIDEO SHOWS: MACCABI TEL AVIV SUPPORTING THEIR TEAM FROM ISRAEL AFTER NOT BEING ALLOWED TO TRAVEL TO BIRMINGHAM FOR THE MATCH AGAINST ASTON VILLA SENDING WITH SHOTLIST. SCRIPT TO FOLLOW SHOWS: HOLON, ISRAEL (NOVEMBER 6, 2025) (REUTERS - Access all) 1. VARIOUS OF MACCABI TEL AVIV FANS CHEERING ON THEIR TEAM IN THEIR EUROPA LEAGUE MATCH AWAY TO ASTON VILLA FROM A BAR AT A HOTEL 2. (SOUNDBITE) (English) MACCABI TEL AVIV FAN, LARIN STRAUBL, SAYING: “You can go to the theatre without the crowd, with empty chairs. You can go up with the show. No, you can't. Same same. Without the go to play football game, without your supporters, without your fans. It's the same thing.'' 3. FANS REACTING TO THE MATCH 4. (SOUNDBITE) (English) MACCABI TEL AVIV FAN, LOFAL NOACH, SAYING: “It's a weird decision. I don't want to say like, miserable decision to let the terror supporters win. And I think that in every in any occasion when the police says we can't protect people, so we prefer them not to come. I think it's... it's a disgrace. And especially in England, I've been to many football games in England over like 200 games. Wembley to the eighth and ninth division. I've never seen it like this. The police is always there. The police always does their job. So I want to believe that it's not that the police can't do their job. I think police just prefer not to have Jews in Birmingham at this time. 5. FANS DURING THE MATCH 6. (SOUNDBITE) (English) MACCABI TEL AVIV FAN, YOTAM APELBAUM, SAYING: “Soccer should be political and soccer is a game for all for people. It's about love, loving the game, loving the people. So when we heard that Aston Villa won't get Macabi fans to London, to England, we were very, very disappointed because the first time we were very happy. We didn't know that there will be any problems. We were really disappointed because, you know, now we were in Israel watching again. But of course we want to be in Aston Villa and have a great game and we're feeling it, you know, feeling all the vibe there, I hope. I'm sure it was lovely. We couldn't be there. So it's really disappointing.'' 7. VARIOUS OF FANS WATCHING THE GAME FROM THE BAR AT A HOTEL (The article has been published through a syndicated feed. Except for the headline, the content has been published verbatim. Liability lies with original publisher.)
