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Off-pitch drama mars Villa's win over Maccabi
November 07, 2025
|The Independent
Aston Villa coasted to a 2-0 Europa League win over Maccabi Tel Aviv where all the attention was on what happened off the pitch.
The match became highly politicised after Maccabi’s fans were banned from attending in a decision — made by Birmingham’s Safety Advisory Group - which sparked debate on a parliamentary level, with prime minister Sir Kier Starmer calling it “wrong”.
A night that left so many fearing the worst ended with a straightforward win for Unai Emery’s team and, more importantly, no widespread disorder, as what appeared to be a successful security operation involving 700 police officers from 10 different forces led to just 11 arrests.

هذه القصة من طبعة November 07, 2025 من The Independent.
اشترك في Magzter GOLD للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة، وأكثر من 9000 مجلة وصحيفة.
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