The Maccabi Tel Aviv Under-15’s took part in an exclusive tournament in Austria that came to end on Sunday. The young Yellow & Blue finished the competition in 3rd place after defeating Lokomotiv Moscow in the final match of the tourney.
After recording two victories and one loss, the Under-15’s looked to take 3rd place overall in the tournament. After playing to a goalless draw in regulation time, the match against Moscow went down to penalties and the Yellow & Blue came out on top 7:6 thanks to keeper Ben Musayov’s brilliant save on the Russians final spot kick.
Maccabi began the competition on Friday with a win over Stockholm while Saturday the Yellow & Blue fell to Austria Wien 2:1 but ended the day with a 2:1 win over Ferencvaros Budapest to earn a spot in the 3rd place game. Other clubs that participated in the tournament included Gyori, Rapid Wien and Red Star Belgrade.
Raymond Atteveld, the Club’s Assistant Performance Director spoke to the Official Website following the tournament: “We finished the tournament with a great 3rd place showing after beating Lokomotiv Moscow on penalties. The tournament and this game has been the best learning process for our players to see if our philosophy works also against European teams. It did. But there are many lessons to learn from stronger opposition and better refereeing.”
Atteveld continued on about the experience: “Great facilities and good organisation of the tournament made it a pleasure to participate. The players thoroughly enjoyed it and found out that they have to keep learning and improving. A process we set out from the start of our arrival at Maccabi Tel Aviv. I’m proud of the way the team and staff handled itself and I think we showed everybody here what and who Maccabi Tel Aviv is. We surprised people with our dynamic playing style and will to win. We say in Europe…. We left our business card here!”
Watch the Full Match & Penalties
