The Yellow & Blue played Maccabi Netanya to a goalless draw at the Netanya Stadium on Matchday 3 of the Toto Cup. Daniel Tenenbaum made numerous quality saves and picked up a clean sheet, however, the Maccabi offense couldn’t find the back of the goal.
Head Coach Jordi Cruyff’s Starting XI included Brazilian keeper Daniel Tenenbaum with a defense of Sean Goldberg, Egor Filipenka, Dor Peretz and Avi Rikan. Shlomi Azulay, Eliel Peretz and Marcelo dos Santos were in the midfield while Sagiv Yehezkel, Barak Itzhaki and Yonatan Cohen were on the attack.
Available on the bench Daniel Lifshitz, Omer Atzily, Dor Micha, Eitan Tibi, Matan Baltaxa, Aaron Schoenfeld and Cristian Battocchio.
First Half
Netanya had the match’s opening chance as Eden Sherem had a one-on-one chance against Tenenbaum but the shot stopper made the save in the 8th minute while Tenenbaum was up to the task on Avraham Hadar’s point blank range opportunity. And what would you know, it would be all Tenenbaum yet again in the 13th minute when he stoned Sherem.
Netanya was on the attack again in the 21st minute as Eran Levi tried a shot from the midfield to no avail while Maccabi’s only real chance of the half came in the 36th minute off of an Azulay corner kick.
Second Half
Maccabi looked to find some offense early on in the half as the Yellow & Blue controlled the pace of play. Rikan’s chance just missed the target in the 51st minute and Yehezkel had an attempt of his own in the 57th minute that also came up short as Maccabi looked to find the back of the goal.
Cruyff made wholesale changes in the 66th minute as he inserted Aaron Schoenfeld, Dor Micha and Omer Atzily for Yehezkel, Cohen and Azulay while six minutes later Matan Baltaxa and Cristian Battocchio came on for Itzhaki and Eliel Peretz to try and jump start the offense.
Schoenfeld and Rikan teamed up on a 74th minute miss as Tenenbaum again made the saves when needed late in the match and kept a clean sheet as the contest ended in a goalless draw.
