Maccabi “Shachar” Tel Aviv 1:0 Bnei Sakhnin
The Under-19 squad returned home and not only picked up a 1:0 win thanks to a goal by Eyal Hen but also moved into first place in the Israel Youth Premier League Ligat Ha’Al. Guy Tzarfati’s side took advantage of a Netanya draw to leap frog them on the table. For the Full Match Report Click Here.
Hapoel “Tzachi Ben Porat” Tel Aviv 1:1 Maccabi “Oded” Tel Aviv
The Under-17 team drew with Hapoel in a “Match of the season” Derby on Matchday 19 as each side earned a point which kept the gap between the two clubs at 9 points. Gil Ben Shalosh scored for the young Yellow & Blue. Head Coach Eliezer Ben Aharon summed up the contest: “The goal we scored was a direct result of a play that we worked on in the training session the day before the match. They say that football is played for the full 90 minutes and today we saw that this was certainly correct. We learned that if you only play one half you have to convert your chances. We had a good first half except when it came to finishing off our plays and the second half Hapoel were better than we were. The players were a bit tired due to the fact that 6 were with the National team and played a pair of friendlies during the week. We’re proud of the players as to how they’ve invested in themselves, their desire and quality they bring to each and every match. The next chapter will be written this coming Wednesday and we will come into the game wanting to continue to improve and write a better chapter in the next match than the last one.”
Maccabi “Eli Fuchs” Tel Aviv 2:0 Maccabi “Moshe Dayan” Petah Tikva
The Under-16 club defeated Maccabi Petah Tikva on Matchday 20 and closed to gap to first place to just 6 points. Roy Maayan and Yali Lazar scored for the young Yellow & Blue. Head Coach Raymond Atteveld spoke about the victory: “The match went according to plan from our training sessions as we worked on specifics for this contest and it went well. We spoke about this after the win that they proved that hard work during practice pays off in the games. We were very tough on defense and that was very important for a football club. The match was very tactical and the players did fantastic work and helped each other on the pitch. We could have scored more goals but we missed a number of times from one on one situations in front of the goal while on the other hand we were put into many dangerous situations on the defensive end. I’m very happy about our results and over the last few weeks we played against some tough opponents while this Wednesday we face Maccabi Haifa so we can’t celebrate too much. We congratulated the players after the match and they know that they have to continue on in a few days.”
Maccabi “Eldad” Tel Aviv 5:0 Bnei Yehuda Grundman
After a midweek 2:0 win over Ashdod, Ori David’s Under-15 South side picked up a home win in style against Bnei Yehuda. The Yellow & Blue stayed in first place thanks to goals by Oskar Glok with a brace, Liel Shota, Elad Kaplan and Ohad Mizrahi. The Head Coach talked about the victory: “This was a fantastic win over Bnei Yehuda and we played well with a good pace of play. We had many opportunities close to the goal and we scored 5 beautiful markers.”
Beitar Ramat Gan 3:3 Maccabi “Ilan” Tel Aviv
The Under-15 North squad split the points with Ramat Gan in a match that featured plenty of goals and currently sit in 4th place, 5 points off the top of the table. Ben Linker and Ido Karbes scored for the Yellow & Blue. Head Coach Asaf Heber summed up the draw: “This was a match with many ups and downs, deficits, leads and we ended up giving up the lead at the end of the match. We will continue to work hard and be a little bit less naive in order to record better results.”
