Maccabi's U17s and U15 Team 1 held on to their position in the table, high drama for the club's U15 Team 2
Maccabi Tel Aviv "Oded" maintained the status quo at the top of the national U17 Premier League table after beating Bnei Yehuda 2-0 at the Kiryat Shalom training ground, with midfielder Tomer Altman and defender Ron Gabay supplying the goals. For Altman this was his fifth goal of the season, for Gabay his second, and in two successive matches! The win keeps "Oded" in touch with U17 league leaders Maccabi Haifa, who have a point to the good. Maccabi Tel Aviv "Eldad", the club's Under-15 Team 1, registered a handsome 0-4 away win at Hapoel Ramat Gan to hold on to the top spot in the nationwide U15 League Central District table. Rotem Ziv put the visitors ahead before the break, Tal Daon added a brace and Niv Aboutbul an individual effort in the second half.
Head coach Erez Belfer's Under-15 Team 2 provided the weekend's drama with a 3-3 home draw against Bnei Sakhnin. In this contest between two of the top-table sides of the nationwide U15 Sharon District League, Maccabi leapt to a promising 3-1 advantage in the second half courtesy of a goal by Eyal Chen and Gil Rahimi's brace. But two dramatic late goals by the visitors meant the points were shared, a disappointing end for the home side despite a result that sees them climb two places in the table.
Another close encounter was played out between Ori David's Under-14 Team South and rivals Beitar Jerusalem at Kiryat Shalom. The visitors drew first blood but a Tal Yagudaev brace turned the tie around, which ended 2-1 in Maccabi's favour. The Under-14 Team North returned from an encounter at Maccabi Herzliya with the same result, but unfortunately with Maccabi on the losing end. Maccabi's Under-13 Team South lost their away derby at Hapoel Tel Aviv's Wolfson training ground 1-0 and the Under-13 Team North lost 2-4 at home to Beitar Jerusalem.
