Prematch
Just ahead of the start of the Europa League qualifying campaign against Ferencvaros on July 12th, Maccabi Tel Aviv held their third and final friendly at their Poland Training Camp. The Yellow & Blue met Bytovia Bytow of the Polish second division as Head Coach Vladan Ivic continued to analyze the squad.

Maccabi Tel Aviv Starting XI – Daniel Tenenbaum, Eli Dasa, Jair Amador, Eitan Tibi, Enric Saborit, Dor Peretz, Eyal Golasa, Dor Micha, Matan Hozez, Itay Shechter, Vidar Kjartansson.

First Half
Maccabi began the match well and had a number of chances early on in the contest. Shechter was very active and was able to draw a number of fouls which allowed Kjartansson the chance to take a number of free kicks but the Icelander couldn’t find the back of the goal. In the 21’ the striker finally scored after taking a through ball by Shechter and went one on one with the keeper, putting the ball into the goal for a 1:0 lead.

Three minutes later, Maccabi doubled their advantage as Shechter scored his first in Yellow & Blue. Micha passed the ball to Golasa who left it for Shechter as he dribbled by 3 players and scored to give Ivic’s squad a 2:0 lead. Bytovia had a free kick in the 30’ but Tenenbaum made the alert stop while 8 minutes later, Dasa and Saborit played the ball to Micha who had a chance from 16 meters but the ball went into the Polish defense.

Second Half
Ivic made a number of substitutions to begin the second half as Haviv Ohayon, Shachar Fiban, Sean Goldberg and Avi Rikan were inserted in place of Tenenbaum, Jair, Saborit and Hozez. In the 48’ Vidar almost scored the 3rd goal off a header from a Dasa cross, but the keeper made the timely save.

The Maccabi pressure paid off in the 53’ as Kjartansson received the ball in the box and left it off for Rikan who came in from behind and put it into the goal for a 3:0 advantage. One minute later Bytovia took another ball out of their goal as Golasa put home a right footed shot from 16 meters out for a 4:0 lead.

In the 60’ Ivic made two more personnel changes as Yonatan Cohen and Roslan Bersky came on for Golasa and Shechter while 5 minutes later Schoenfeld was inserted in place of Vidar. Dan Glazer, Or Dasa, Eliran Atar and Mavis Tchibota all came on for Maccabi as the match began to wind down.

Ohayon made a big save in the 78’ off a header, while Atar, Cohen and Rikan all had chances for the Yellow & Blue that missed the target as Maccabi wrapped up a 4:0 victory in their last friendly of training camp.