All of Maccabi Tel Aviv's youth teams returned from the break to win their state cup games
Maccabi Tel Aviv's Under-17s, ranked third in the league before entering a three-week league break, set out today for a Cup tie away against Shimshon Tel Aviv and successfully completed the first round of the Under-17 State Cup competition with a 0-7 rout of their hosts, who are currently placed bottom of the national Under-17 Premier League. Guy Aviv continued to demonstrate his good form this season, adding two goals to the six he has already scored in the league. Suheil Armeli, who has four goals in the first two games of the season, came back to score against Shimshon Tel Aviv, netting the first goal of the game. Yossi Solelich and Rotem Sharon scored their debut goals this season and Matan Hozez and Eliel Peretz added goals of their own, settling the final score at 0-7.
Next week, Youth A will return from the league, directly to an intriguing encounter against the chart leading HaPoel Ra'anana, where the difference between the teams is just one point. Maccabi Tel Aviv's Youth B (U16) also completed their first round successfully, beating Maccabi Yehud 9-0 at Kiryat Shalom. Raz Itzhak was the prominent player of the game, with a foursome taking his total record to 10 goals this season.
The cup victory was the fourth consecutive win for Youth B, who will try to keep up their good performance as they host Ironi Kiryat Gat next Saturday. The two Youth C teams are also moving ahead in the national cup games. Youth C2 achieved the same score as Youth B, 9-0, in an away game against F.C. Taibe Youth. Youth C also played an away game in which they beat Sektzia Ness Ziona 5-1. Maccabi Tel Aviv's children's team returned from hiatus directly to the league games. Two Children A teams lost. For Children A North, it was their first lost of the season, 0-1 to HaPoel Tel Aviv. Children A South lost 0-2 to HaPoel Rishon LeZion. Children B reported victories – Children B South beat Beitar Jerusalem 4-1 and Children B North beat Yaffo Youth 7-2.
