In Estonia, fans hung a banner with bloodstains and the surname of an Israeli who played in Russia.

On Friday, June 6, the Israeli national team won against the Estonian national team with a score of 3:1 during the qualifying match for the 2026 World Cup. However, during the game, Estonian fans staged a protest against player Eli Dasi by hanging a banner featuring bloody stains and a large letter 'D' in his surname.

The head of the Israel Football Association, Moshe Zuarez, demands condemnation of this incident and asks the head of the Estonian Football Union to intervene.

The leadership of Israeli football complains about this banner and expresses its outrage to the match delegate. The player himself, who previously played for Moscow's 'Dynamo', noted that his visit to Russia was a positive experience for him.

Controversial activity of the Russian athlete

Meanwhile, Russian tennis player Mira Andreeva has found herself at the center of a scandal due to likes on posts about the pro-Putin organization 'People's Front', which supports the occupiers in eastern Ukraine. She supported posts by alpine skier Anton Endzhievskiy, who expressed his support for Russian aggression.

Ukrainian athletes actively take their position in the sports world, expressing their rejection of aggressive actions or supporting conflicting situations. Each case of controversial activity in sports currently causes a loud resonance and public reaction.

During the football match between the national teams of Israel and Estonia, a scandalous incident occurred when a banner with an offensive image of a player from the Israeli team was hung. This incident has caused outrage among the football leadership of both countries and demands public response to such manifestations of unsportsmanlike behavior. In the sports world, it is customary to express one's position regarding such controversies, which leads to an active public reaction to events of this nature.