On Saturday Maccabi's U17s registered another victory, but the big star was the weather
Football aside, this weekend it was the stormy winter weather that stole the attention of most of the country. Apart from Maccabi Tel Aviv's Under-19s, who won their home tie against Hapoel Ramat Gan by an impressive margin of 6-0, only the Under-17s' scheduled encounter against Hapoel Rishon Lezion at the Kiryat Shalom training ground survived the deluge. All the remaining Youth Division matches were postponed.
Despite the weather, Maccabi's Under-17s put on a convincing display to win 3-0 and maintain the status quo at the top of the national U17 Premier League. Defender Ran Vaturi opened up the scoring in the first half with his first goal as part of head coach Eliezer Ben Aharon's U17 squad. Before the break striker Omer Lakao doubled Maccabi's advantage with his sixth goal of the season. Another striker, Almog Eylon, added "Oded"'s third in the dying moments of the match, his tenth of the season playing for both the club's U17 and U16 teams.
The win keeps Maccabi Tel Aviv "Oded" in the second spot of the national U17 Premier League, just one point behind league leaders Maccabi Haifa.
