Prematch

Matchday Six of the Youth Ligat Ha’Al pitted Maccabi “Shachar” against Hapoel “Nisanov” in a Tel Aviv Derby. The Yellow & Blue came into the game after a draw last week as Guy Tzarfati made two changes to his Starting XI as Raani Hamza replaced the red carded Eden Kartzev and Amit Shapira took Mahmoud Awesat’s place.

The match started off well but both sides couldn’t convert quality crosses in the opening minutes. However, in the 15th minute Or Dasa took advantage of a defensive mistake by the visitors and found Amit Shapira in the middle of the box who put the ball into the back of the Hapoel goal for a 1:0 Maccabi lead.

Following the goal the Yellow & Blue settled in a bit and tried to break through the Reds defense with some counterattacks, but the score remained as is at the half.

Second Half

Both squads began the second half with the same starting lineups and Maccabi had three terrific chances early on to extend their lead but Netanel Peretz, Eylon Almog and Tomer Altman who found the bar couldn’t find a way past Dudi Allon’s goal.

In the 62nd minute Binyamin Amba was shown a red card and left Hapoel with only ten men for the balance of the contest. Just beforehand, Dor Galili was introduced for Or Dasa while a number of other substitutions were made after the ejection by both coaches as Noam Cohen and Mahmoud Awesat both came on for Maccabi.

Finally in the 75th minute Eylon Almog doubled the Yellow & Blue’s output blasting home a fantastic goal giving Maccabi a 2:0 lead and Derby win.