Painful and Outrageous: "I Expected More from the Sports World Regarding Lior Asulin"

Moran Asulin, the ex-wife of the late former striker Lior Asulin, who was murdered in the Nova massacre, criticized Israeli football clubs in an interview for the lack of a proper memorial ceremony in his honor, noting that she approached Beitar Jerusalem but has yet to receive a response.

Moran Asulin, the ex-wife of the late former striker Lior Asulin, who was murdered in the Nova party massacre, gave an interview on 5 Live and criticized Israeli football clubs for the lack of a proper tribute in his memory. Asulin, who played for Beitar Jerusalem, Hapoel Be'er Sheva, and Hapoel Petah Tikva, among others, left behind three children. "I expected more from the sports world regarding Lior," Moran said. "I approached the big clubs asking them to hold a ceremony for him. For instance, Beitar, which he loved so much and where he had great seasons – I expected them to do something, and I reached out to them. I hope it will still happen in the future." Moran recounted that hundreds of people came to mark Lior's birthday this week, and praised Eyal Lachman for his efforts to commemorate him. His former coach Eli Ohana recalled: "Lior was a fighter, a man you could go to war with, always there for the team." Moran relived the moments of terror on Black Saturday, when she realized Lior was in the south and began searching for him on all the lists, until the difficult news on Sunday that his body had been found. She spoke about the warm father he was to their three children and the special bond between them. She said Lior was supposed to spend that weekend in the north, but plans changed at the last moment and he went to Re'im.