Just 24 hours after falling 1:0 to Real Madrid in the opening match of the Ramljak Tournamnet named for Croatian great Mladen Ramljak, Maccabi “Shachar” had the tough task of facing the competition host’s Dinamo Zagreb. Head Coach Ori Uzan made a number of changes to his starting XI as Hen Ozeri was again in goal along with a back four of Moshe Peleg, Bar Galili, Nadav Amran and Ran Vaturi. Prince Thomas, Amit Shapira, Tomer Altman (C), Yarin Sharabi, Or Dasa and Eylon Almog played in the midfield and up front.
Uzan’s troops got off to a great start taking an early lead in the 20th minute. Altman slalomed by a couple of Zagreb players and sent a deep pass to Almog who made sure to score on a one on one situation. Ten minutes later, Almog and Prince Thomas combined on a beautiful double pass as latter added to the Under-19 side’s lead going into the break ahead 2:0.
The hosts halved the Maccabi “Shachar” advantage in the 70th minute but it wasn’t enough as the young Yellow & Blue recorded the important victory in front of over 1,000 people.
