The situation of the Maccabi Haifathe Israeli team opposing Juventus in tomorrow’s match at the Stadium in the Champions League: due to the religious anniversary of the Yom Kippurday of atonement, players loyal to Judaism will arrive you fast from 24 hours to a very short time from kick-off. This represents a strong discomfort, which also in the past has created problems not only in football.
RENUNCIATION TO SPORT – As in 1965, when the American of Jewish faith Sandy Koufaxone of the best pitchers ever in baseball, he gave up his first World Series game because it fell on the same day as Yom Kippur. Choice that did not prevent him from entering the history of sport, but that caused a sensation. Or you can quote Dudi SelaIsraeli tennis player who in 2017 he was winning in the third set against Dolgopolov, but retired on the score of 1-0 for him because the game had continued within the time frame affected by the sacredness. Sela had asked to bring the time forward, but without success. No waiver for Maccabi against Juve, but certain physical conditions to be monitored minute by minute for the players concerned. Unless sport prevails over faith …
RENUNCIATION OF RELIGION – Total or partial. In 2018, the Malaysian biker Hafizh SyahrinTech3 team rider, he broke the monthly Ramadan fast (Muslim recurrence) giving the following motivation: “I tried, but I felt too weak to drive not eating and not drinking at the usual times. “A drastic decision that however safeguarded the profession. A way of mediation was found by the Egyptian star of Liverpool Mohammed Salahagain in 2018, on the occasion of the Champions final then lost in Kiev against Real Madrid: the Islamic religion allows those who have to endure long business trips to interrupt Ramadan and then recover in the queue and still total 30 days of fasting. The case of Salah, who had to reach Ukraine from England, fit perfectly, so the renunciation of the principles of the faith was not total, but only partial.
