Maccabi Tel Aviv put the ball in the back of Maccabi Netanya’s net four times on Saturday but had nothing to show for their efforts as the final game of the TASE Premier League’s first phase ended in a goalless draw at Bloomfield.
Maccabi held most of the possession and were more dominant for most of the match, but Netanya managed to hold on against repeated attacks by the entire Tel Aviv lineup.
With the goalless draw, none of Maccabi’s opponents have yet managed to score against the defending champions in the league this season and goalkeeper Daniel Tenenbaum kept his goalmouth shut for 12 consecutive games and for 1,263 minutes since he last conceded a goal in the 87th minute of the penultimate game of last season.
The game began with Netanya piling on early pressure and a good shot from Mohammed Zbidat that required Tenenbaum’s intervention but Maccabi soon picked up the pace and threatened Danny Amos’s goal.
Omer Atzili, who looked in red hot form, had a chance to score in the 13th minute and put the ball away in the 17th minute but it was ruled offside.
Further chances also failed to find the target and it was mainly one way traffic towards Netanya’s goal.
Shechter put the ball in the net in the 34th minute after an excellent sliding interception along the left byline by Atzili, who sent the ball to the striker in front of goal, but it was disallowed because Shechter committed a foul on Amos. 
Two minutes later, Eylon Almog broke free of the Netanya defence in the area and chipped Amos and again put the ball in the net but again the goal was annulled due to an infringement.
In the 51st minute, Atzili again put the ball in Netanya’s net but again the goal was disallowed because he had handled the ball while hurtling towards the goal.
Futher assaults later in the half were also thwarted, while Tenenbaum was tested twice by Netanya towards the end but he was equal to both attempts to finally score against him.
