The U19 International Winter Tournament that Maccabi Tel Aviv hosted at the PenguinPickUp Training Ground at Kiryat Shalom was again a smashing success as Maccabi “Shachar” were the winners of the competition for the second year in a row. Club CEO Ben Mansford and Performance Director Patrick van Leeuwen summed up the tournament and also spoke about the organization and support of the Academy.

After three wonderful days of football, Maccabi Tel Aviv’s U19 International Winter Tournament came to an end of Saturday as Maccabi “Shachar” Tel Aviv raises the trophy for the second year in the row as champions of the competition. Guy Tzarfati’s side finished in first place in the group of 6 teams after defeating Crystal Palace (1:0) and S.B.V. Excelsior Rotterdam (3:1) handing them the title.

Watch the Championship Ceremony

Final Table

Watch the highlights of the Crystal Palace and S.B.V. Excelsior Rotterdam matches:

Maccabi “Shachar” Tel Aviv 1:0 Crystal Palace

Maccabi “Shachar” Tel Aviv 3:1 S.B.V. Excelsior Rotterdam

Other than the Yellow & Blue’s matches, a number of other contests took place at the PenguinPickUp Training Ground at Kiryat Shalom:

S.B.V. Excelsior Rotterdam 1:0 Maccabi Haifa (Raduan Hankori)
Hapoel Beer Sheva 3:0 Beitar Jerusalem (Abdallah Abi Abedx2, Lior Katav)
Maccabi Haifa 2:0 Hapoel Beer Sheva ((Stav Nachmani, Ilay Hagag)
Crystal Palace 2:2 Beitar Jerusalem (Palace David Boateng, Will Duncan. Beitar Roie Fadida, Roie Doda)

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Maccabi “Shachar” Tel Aviv won the U19 International Winter Tournament for the second straight year at the PenguinPickUp Training Ground at Kiryat Shalom thanks to a pair of victories on the final day of the of the competition.

Maccabi “Shachar” Tel Aviv 1:0 Crystal Palace
Eden Kartzev scored the lone goal of the contest in the first half. Eduardo Guerrero pressed the English keeper as Mufleh Shalata stole the ball and sent it to Kartzev who found the back of the goal for the eventual winner.

Maccabi “Shachar” Tel Aviv 3:1 S.B.V. Excelsior Rotterdam
In the day’s second match, Maccabi “Shachar” made sure to end the tournament on a high note by defeating the Dutch club 3:1 to win the competition for the second year in a row.

Maccabi opened the match well and scored in the 9’ when Rave Assayag took advantage of a poor clearing attempt and sent the ball to Bar Cohen who beat the keeper. However, Excelsior drew even before the break at Nelson Bashir scored against the Yellow & Blue keeper, 1:1.

Although a draw would have been enough for Maccabi to win the tourney, Eyal Hen scored in the 43’ from a 16 meter free kick after it hit the Dutch wall and went into the goal. Assayag then completed a brace thanks to an assist by Bar Cohen off a free kick as the former beat the Excelsior keeper to give Maccabi a 3:1 win.

The second day of the U19 International Winter Tournament has come to and end and Maccabi “Shachar” are at the top of the table. Tomorrow, the last day of the competition will determine the champion.

Results:
Beitar Jerusalem 1:0 Maccabi Haifa
Ilay Zaken scored for Jerusalem

Crystal Palace 2:3 S.B.V. Excelsior Rotterdam
David Boateng and Malachi Boateng scored for Palace while Nick dan Heitan, Carlito Primina and Reduan Hankori scored for Rotterdam

Beitar Jerusalem 3:0 S.B.V. Excelsior Rotterdam
Roie Fadida x2 and Eran Azulay scored for Jerusalem

Crystal Palace 1:2 Hapoel Beer Sheva
Eden Binyamin and Abdalla Abu Abed scored for Beer Sheva while Rob Streit scored for Palace.

Saturday 26.1.19
10:00 – Maccabi “Shachar” Tel Aviv – Crystal Palace (Main Pitch)
10:00 – Maccabi Haifa – S.B.V. Excelsior Rotterdam (Synthetic Pitch)
11:15 – Hapoel Beer Sheva – Beitar Jerusalem (Main Pitch)
12:30 – Maccabi “Shachar” Tel Aviv – S.B.V. Excelsior Rotterdam (Main Pitch)
13:45 – Maccabi Haifa – Hapoel Beer Sheva (Main Pitch)
13:45 – Crystal Palace – Beitar Jerusalem (Synthetic Pitch)
15:00 – Closing Ceremony

Yesterday, Maccabi “Shachar” Tel Aviv won their first match of the U19 International Winter Tournament when they defeated Beitar Jerusalem 2:1 in the competition’s opening contest. Today, Friday, Day Two go underway with another Yellow & Blue victory as Guy Tzarfati’s squad blanked Hapoel Beer Sheva 3:0. The match began well for the host’s as Maccabi took a 1:0 lead ten minutes into the clash when Omri Ram sent a cross from the right of the box to Rave Assayag who out the back home.

Maccabi doubled their lead when Tamir Glezer passed the ball to Gil Ben Shalosh who sent it into the right corner of the goal for a 2:0 advantage as the Yellow & Blue controlled the pace of play for the majority of the half.

Beer Sheva played more aggressively in the second half and had a number of chances including one that was just headed over the bar. However, Maccabi scored yet again this time thanks to Eyal Hen who elegantly beat the Beer Sheva keeper on a one on one situation to give the U19’s a 3:0 win for their second of the tourney.

Match 2
Maccabi “Shachar” Tel Aviv 0:1 Beitar Jerusalem

The first day of the U19 International Winter Tournament got underway with three matches as Maccabi “Shachar” Tel Aviv was the only club to record a victory defeating Beitar Jerusalem 2:1.

Here’s the table after Day One:

Other results:
Hapoel Beer Sheva 1:1 Excelsior Rotterdam. The Dutch side were first to find the back of the goal thanks to Ankori Erduan while Ilay Ben Shitrit drew Beer Sheva even from the penalty spot.

Watch the Full Match:

Maccabi Haifa 0:0 Crystal Palace

Day Two Schedule:
Friday 25.1.2019
11:00 – Maccabi “Shachar” Tel Aviv – Hapoel Beer Sheva (Main Pitch)
11:00 – Beitar Jerusalem – Maccabi Haifa (Synthetic Pitch)
12:15 – S.B.V. Excelsior Rotterdam – Crystal Palace (Main Pitch)
13:30 – Maccabi “Shachar” Tel Aviv – Maccabi Haifa (Main Pitch)
14:45 – S.B.V. Excelsior Rotterdam – Beitar Jerusalem (Main Pitch)
14:45 – Crystal Palace – Hapoel Beer Sheva (Synthetic Pitch)

Photos from the first day:

Maccabi Tel Aviv began the U19 International Winter Tournament on the right foot at the PenguinPickUp Training Ground at Kiryat Shalom. Guy Tzarfati’s side defeated Beitar Jerusalem 2:1 in the competition’s first game over the next three days.

After a goalless first half, Beitar grabbed the lead in the opening minute of the second half when they took advantage of a turnover in the midfield to beat Daniel Peretz. Tzarfati made some wholesale changes on the pitch inserting Eduardo Guerrero and Bar Cohen as the former scored in the 42’ to draw Maccabi even at 1:1. Just four minutes later Eden Kartzev found the back of the goal from 24 meters to give the Yellow & Blue a 2:1 advantage.

Beitar was handed a penalty in the last minute of the match but Roie Fadida’s spot kick missed the mark as Tzarfati’s squad recorded the win. On Friday Maccabi will face Hapoel Beer Sheva (11:00) and Maccabi Haifa (13:30).

The Under-16 side met Bnei Sakhnin on Matchday 16 of the Israel Youth Premier League. The young Yellow & Blue entered the contest in 2nd place just 3 points off the top of the table while Sakhnin began the day in 6th place.

Starting XI: Or Itzhak, Michael Chilaka, Alon Shtrozberg, Amit Glezer, Tomer Mahluf, Tamir Glezer, Omri Ram, Ido Shahar, Eduardo Guerrero, Bar Cohen, Eyal Hen.

First Half
Muhamed Khalila had a half chance in the 8’ when he crossed the ball into the box from the left side but Itzhak made the stop. In the 25’ Maccabi had an opportunity when Guerrero took a through ball but couldn’t control it as it went out. Itzhak then took care of a corner kick from Sakhnin while in the 39’ Tamir Glezer’s header went out. However, in the 42’ Sakhnin took the lead when Itzhak and the Sakhnin striker went for the ball in the box off a corner as it fell to Salah Nagar who out it behind the Yellow & Blue keeper for a 1:0 advantage.

Second Half
In the 49’ Itzhak made a stop for Maccabi and five minutes later Sakhnin had another chance when Muhamed Khalila took a through ball and went one on one with Itzhak but again he was up to the task. Gil Ben Shalosh who had come on a substitute almost drew Maccabi even in the 60’ when he received a ball from Shahar but his chance just skipped by the post. The remainder of the match was played primarily in the midfield as Sakhnin time and time again stymied the Yellow & Blue attack as they took the 1:0 win.