It wasn’t easy, but Maccabi “Shachar” picked up another victory in the Winner Youth League defeating Kiryat Shemona at home in the Ramle Stadium. The Yellow-and-Blue struggled throughout the match but were able to collect the three points on a perfectly placed 80th minute penalty by Tomer Altman. The club will head to Kiev on Monday for the last Matchday of the Champions League Youth League.
Maccabi began the match well as already in the second minute Dor Galili had a marvelous chance from 16 meters out coming in from the right side. Their domination continued for the majority of the first half with an Eden Karzev 25 meter chance being saved by Eliran Gabbay in the 20th minute. Galili had another excellent opportunity in the 40th minute but the Kiryat Shemona keeper was in the right place at the right
time yet again. Maccabi “Shachar” had their best chance in the 43rd minute when Karzev and Gaby Kanichowsky led the attack with the latter handing the ball off to Or Dasa who missed from in close. Dasa and Almog’s header opportunities in the
half’s final seconds were swatted away by Gabby keeping the first 45 minutes scoreless as the players headed into the break.
The second half started with no substitutions from either side. Kiryat Shemona began to get into the game and had the first chance of the half as Haviv Ohayon would bat away a corner from the right side. Yellow-and-Blue head coach Ziv Arie made a double substitution in the 65th minute bringing on Tomer Altman and Omri Haramati while Mahmoud Al Awesat joined them on the pitch two minuets later.
Haramati supplied Dasa with another wonderful ball but the midfielder again couldn’t find the back of the goal in the 69th minute. However, ten minutes later 
Maccabi “Shachar” picked up a penalty when Maksim Grechkin was pulled down in the visitors box. Tomer Altman coolly converted from 11 meters out to give the home side a 1:0 lead that they would hold onto until the final whistle. Idan Yogev and Amit Shapira also featured for Maccabi “Shachar” in the win.
