Besiktas moving home game against Maccabi Tel Aviv to 'neutral country'
Benfica supporters light up flares during the UEFA Europa League group stage first leg football match between SL Benfica and Toulouse at the Luz stadium in Lisbon on February 15, 2024. (Photo by PATRICIA DE MELO MOREIRA / AFP)
The Europa League match between Besiktas and Israeli club Maccabi Tel Aviv scheduled for November 28 in Istanbul will be played "in a neutral country", the Turkish club announced on Monday.
"Negotiations are continuing between our club and UEFA
regarding the country where the match will be played," Besiktas said in a
statement.
The meeting between the two clubs was considered high-risk,
with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan stepping up his verbal attacks on
Israeli leaders since the start of the war in Gaza.
Anti-Israel demonstrations, encouraged by the Turkish
government, have been taking place across the country for more than a year.
Last year, Israel advised its nationals and diplomats in
Turkey to leave the country.
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