On Matchday 14 of the TOTO League, Maccabi “Shachar” Tel Aviv played a home match against Hapoel “Yehuda” Rishon Le’Zion at the Ramle Stadium that ended scoreless. The Yellow-and-Blue came into the game missing a fair number of players including Dan Glazer and Muhamed Awesat (injury), Gaby Kanichowsky (suspension) Eylon Almog and Eden Kartzev (Under-17 National Team) while Gili Landau manned the sidelines as head coach Ziv Arie also served a suspension handed down by the Israel Football Association due to actions during the Derby.
Maccabi had an early opportunity in the fifth minute of play as Amit Shapira led a counterattack giving the ball off to Guy Aviv on the right flank who crossed it to Or Dasa in the box. However, his header was cleanly saved by the Rishon Le’Zion keeper. The Yellow-and-Blue patiently continued controlling possession throughout the first half as well as throughout the majority of the match.
Tomer Altman stood out in place of the injured Dan Glazer taking his responsibilities in the midfield. In the 14th minute the midfielder sent an excellent deep pass to Dasa on the right side. The striker perfectly handed the ball off to Meshata but number 7 lost it under his foot. Amit Shapira was close to scoring after receiving and unbelievable ball from Amit Rosenboim but his effort was again saved by the Rishon keeper as the teams headed into the break.
Gili Landau, coaching the game in place of the suspended Ziv Arie made two substitutions bringing in Oliel Peretz who just returned on loan from Beitar Tel Aviv/Ramle and Ran Vaturi who came in for Idan Yogev and Ofri Meshata. In the 60th minute, three more substitutions were brought on as Omri Haramati, Rany Hamzey and Bar Galili were all introduced.
Peretz took a long pass from Haramati in the 60th minute and took a scorcher of a shot, however the Rishon keeper was in the right place yet again. Very few chances occurred during the balance of the match as the game ended in a goalless draw with the clubs splitting the points. During the course of the half Altman, Haramati and Peretz all received yellow cards.
