The judaic U.S. ambassador about the scandal at the game is much sharper than the Polish minister Sikorski. "Act of venomous slander"

The future U.S. Ambassador to Poland Tom Rose powerfully criticized Maccabi Haifa fans who insulted Poles during the match against Rakow Częstochowa. "These bandits are not the specified enemies of Poland - they are traitors to their own nation," he wrote about the authors of Rose's disgraceful banner.