More than 700 agents will ensure the security of the Valencia Basket-Maccabi Tel Aviv Euroleague match, which will be played this Wednesday in the city of Valencia and which has been declared high risk by the anti-violence commission after the escalation of the conflict between Israel and Palestine.
This was stated this Tuesday by the Government delegate in the Valencian Community, Pilar Bernabé, who stressed that the security device “has been working for several days now” and that State and Police security forces and bodies will participate in it. National in “a global operation.”
He commented that there have been “various technical meetings” with the Euroleague, as organizers of the match, and with those responsible for the facility to launch an operation in which more than 700 uniformed and plainclothes personnel will work.
“I also want to appeal to the Valencia Basket fans to have some patience, because the accesses on this occasion are going to be more controlled and therefore the entrance is going to be delayed, so I also ask you for a little patience in that sense,” said Barnabas.
Likewise, she highlighted the “planning” by the National Police and the security forces and, when asked about the match being played behind closed doors, she maintained that this is a matter for the organizers: “We know that there are other organizations that have suspended matches in which Israeli teams were playing, but in this case it is up to the organizer, which is the Euroleague,” he said.
“All strategic infrastructures will be reinforced,” claimed Bernabé, who has not specified the arrival time of the Israeli team, nor the hotel where they will stay.
This match was initially to be played in the Israeli city of Tel Aviv, but after the escalation of the conflict with Palestine following the Hamas terrorist attacks in Israel, the Euroleague agreed to change the venue, to be played in Valencia and to be the second round match. the one that was based in the Israeli team’s pavilion.
Maccabi, which has moved its squad to Cyprus in recent days to continue training there, plans to travel on a private flight to Valencia on Tuesday and in principle will not train at La Fonteta until Wednesday morning, hours before the meeting.
The Israeli team is expected to travel with its own security team, as it usually does, but in this case reinforced. The National Police will also deploy its own device, of which it does not offer details for security reasons.
