Maccabi “Shachar” Tel Aviv 2:1 SC Ashdod
The Under-19 squad was back in action after the break as they hosted Ashdod on Matchday 8 of the Youth Premier League. Guy Tzarfati’s side fell to the southern port city team with Eylon Almog scoring the Yellow & Blue’s lone goal. For the full match report click here.

Hapoel Herzliya 0:5 Maccabi “Oded” Tel Aviv
After last week’s win, the Under-17 club played an away match in the State Cup as they looked to keep up their positive momentum from league play which is exactly what they did in fine style. Bar Cohen scored a brace while Omri Ran, Shay Belhassen and Nir Berkovic all scored for the Yellow & Blue. Head Coach Eliezer Ben Aharon spoke about the match: “You could see the difference in quality between the sides from the first minutes until the last. Herzliya tried to close down the match and barely attacked. When you have a match where the differences between the clubs is so stark then you have to make sure you are ready like it’s a match of the season to make sure there are no Cinderella stories which happen all to often in Cup play. We advanced to the next stage in the State Cup and we return to league action against Maccabi Haifa next week which is always challenging and very interesting. We will come ready to win the match just like we do against any club at any time and any place.”

SC Ironi Or Yehuda 1:6 Maccabi “Eldad” Tel Aviv
The Under-15 South team moved on in State Cup action after defeating Or Yehuda 6:1. Ori David’s players continued their form from league play as Itay Ben Cimon and Ohad Mizrahi each scored a brace while Elad Kaplan and Rom Gross each added goals for the young Yellow & Blue. David summed up the win: “It was a good match and we played according to the club’s standardized way of playing which led to 6 goals, although we weren’t accurate enough on our last attack.”

Ramat Eliyahu 1:3 Maccabi “Ilan” Tel Aviv
The Under-15 North squad also recorded a State Cup victory away at Ramat Eliyahu, punching their ticket to the next round. Omer Senior, Rani Nof and Yonatan Paz scored for Asaf Heber’s side: “This was a typical Cup match where our opponent played back and their players were waiting on long balls. We went down in the 1’ but after a few minutes we drew even and it was only near the end of the match where we were able to break down the opponent and we scored two goals. This was important win as we continue on our way.