The Maccabi Tel Aviv Youth Division will be in action once again this week-end, with the Under-19s returning home to Kiryat Shalom and the Under-17s seeing yet more derby action
The suspense in the national Under-19 Premier league table is growing, with Maccabi Tel Aviv "Shachar" registering six victories in their last seven league encounters to enter this week's fixtures in the second spot, just four points off the pace. Head coach Ziv Arye's charges will host Ironi Kiryat Shmona at 11am this Saturday in an attempt to stay in the running by exacting revenge for the 2-1 loss they suffered in the parallel away fixture. For the second consecutive week the club's Under-17s, Maccabi Tel Aviv "Oded", will find themselves at Hapoel Tel Aviv's Wolfson training ground for a 9am derby. Head coach Eliezer Ben Aharon's lads will hope that the result will produce as many smiles as did last week's encounter, when "Oded" knocked their municipal rivals out of the State Cup competition in the quarter final round after a successful penalty shoot-out.
Also on Saturday Maccabi Tel Aviv "Eli Fuchs" will host their Under-16 counterparts from Maccabi Haifa at the central pitch at Kiryat Shalom training ground at 1.30pm, hoping to maintain their six-point lead at the top of the Under-16 Nationwide League South table. Maccabi Tel Aviv "Eldad", the club's Under-15 Team 1 who just this week won the "Nike Israel" tournament in Ra'anana, will play Hapoel Ramat Gan away at their Safari playing ground on Friday at 3pm. On Saturday Team 2 will host Maccabi Herzliya on the synthetic pitch at Kiryat Shalom at 10.20am, followed at 12.15pm by the club's Under-14 Team South, who will be hosting Beitar Jerusalem. Team North have the week off but both Under-13 teams will be entertaining at home, both at 8.30 in the morning. Team North will host Beitar Tubruk at the Hadar Yosef ground in North Tel Aviv and Team South will welcome Hapoel Rishon Lezion to the synthetic pitch at Kiryat Shalom.
