Alon Hazan’s Under-16 side traveled to the Bannikov Tournament in the Ukraine earlier this past week to take part in the competition named for former USSR keeper Victor Bannikov. Maccabi sent four representatives to compete with the Israel National Team in the tourney that began back in 2002 including Eden Kartzev, Sa’ar Berami, Tomer Mahlof, and Tomer Strosberg.
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The club got off to a good start defeating Serbia 2:0 on the help of a Kartzev goal while the Blue & White lost their second match against the hosts where Kartzev also scored for Israel.
Bulgaria was Israel’s third opponent as Sa’ar Berami led the Blue & White by scoring one of the goals in a 3:0 win that helped the Under-16 side advance to the final where they will play Georgia on Sunday.
