Players and coaching staff at the Youth Division were treated to a lecture by international referee Liran Liani on the rules and refereeing in football

As part of a series of lectures being held at the various football clubs in Israel, international referee Liran Liani spoke yesterday at the Maccabi Tel Aviv Youth Division training complex in Kiryat Shalom. Attending his lecture on the rules and refereeing in football were players and staff of the Under-19 and 17 squads as well as other coaches in the Youth Division. The lecture, held at the first team club house, covered recent developments and changes in the rules and acquainted the participants with events on the pitch as seen through the eyes of the referee. Members of the Under-19 team were shown concrete examples from their match played a number of weeks ago against Hapoel Ra'anana at which Liani officiated. At the match Liani handed out a number of yellow cards to Maccabi Tel Aviv "Shachar" players and yesterday they heard in detail what they had been booked for.