Maccabi “Shachar” Tel Aviv 5:0 Hapoel Ramat HaSharon
The Under-19 squad continued their fine play by winning at home against Ramat HaSharon on Matchday 26 of the Israel Youth Premier League Ligat Ha’Al. The victory keeps Maccabi “Shachar” in first place, 3 points ahead of 2nd place Hapoel Raanana. Eylon Almog and William Agada recorded braces while Tomer Altman scored a single marker. For the full Match Report Click Here.

Maccabi “Oded” Tel Aviv 5:3 Hapoel Kfar Saba
After winning the league last Matchday, the U17 side continued to pick up victories, this time against Hapoel Kfar Saba on Matchday 26 as they have a 16 point lead over the second place side along with 22 wins out of 26 contests. Shai Balahssan, Shaked Navon, Ido Sahar and Bar Cohen with a brace scored for the young Yellow & Blue. Head Coach Eliezer Ben Aharon: “We began the match well and we scored two goals in a minute. The second half was not as good as the first and in essence we lost as Kfar Saba scored a pair of goals and we only found the back the goal once. I’ll take the start of the game which was one of the best we’ve had and the 22nd win out of the 26 matches we’ve played which is an excellent record.”

Hapoel Beer Sheva 3:4 Maccabi “Eli Fuchs” Tel Aviv
The Under-16 club defeated Hapoel Beer Sheva in the “Match of the Season” as they remained in first place. Maccabi and Beitar have the same amount of points, but the Yellow & Blue have a better goal differential. Tal Torjman, Nehoray Bitton, Or Roizman and Yishay Bozorgi scored. Raymond Atteveld summed up the contest: “We controlled the game completely. They tried pressing us but we kept finding a way out. In the first half only, we created 7 scoring chances, but only scored once. After the break we quickly scored even though they tried to disrupt us. We kept playing good organized attacking and defending football. We scored to make it 3:0 and then the team became a bit disorganized and the opponent took advantage of that and they scored a goal but then we made it 4:1. After that, they tried to throw everything at us. We countered with 4 1v1 situations with the goalkeeper, but we didn’t take our chances. We conceded another goal from a penalty, when we were late with a sliding tackle in the box. We helped the opponent get back into the game with our attitude of taking it lightly, which we didn’t do before that! That’s what we need to continue! Great win nevertheless against a direct opponent. Compliments to the team! Some great performances and awesome desire to do the right thing and win! Wow…. Happy coach!”

Hapoel Ramat Gan 0:1 Maccabi “Eldad” Tel Aviv
The Under-15 South squad played away at Hapoel Ramat Gan on Matchday 27 as Ori David’s team picked up the win and the 3-points to give them a 5 point lead over the 2nd place side with 3 matches remaining. Ori Halevi scored for Maccabi as David summed up the win: “It was difficult to open up our regular style of game due to the state of the pitch, but we were able to show character, will and determination. That’s what we brought to the match in an amazing way. Now we have to get ready for the State Cup semifinal on Tuesday against Hapoel Beer Sheva.”

Maccabi “Ilan” Tel Aviv 4:0 Beitar Tubruk
The Under-15 North team got back onto the winning track against Tubruk on Matchday 27 of league play. The young Yellow & Blue are in 3rd place with 5 wins out of their last 6 matches. Ben Linker, Aviv Palas, Omer Rozio and Tomer Fridman scored for Maccabi. Head Coach Asaf Heber spoke about the victory: “The players came into the contest with aggressiveness and determination from the first minute. We were able to pick up a good result and we prepared properly for the opponent as we knew that our advantage was on the wings and I’m happy that’s where our goals came from. We are now turning our sights to the State Cup match on Tuesday.”