Now it’s official: The Israel Youth Premier League Ligat Ha’Al Championship will return to Kiryat Shalom!

Maccabi “Shachar” Tel Aviv visited Maccabi Petah Tikva on Matchday 29 of league play. With a 6 point lead over second place Hapoel Raanana and a +18 goal differential any result other than a defeat would guarantee Guy Tzarfati’s side the championship.

Starting XI: Daniel Peretz, Noam Cohen, Alon Shtrozberg, Fadi Najar, Yoav Hofmayster, Amit Glazer, Tomer Altman, Prince Thomas, Mufleh Shalata, Eylon Almog, William Agada.

First Half
In the 7’ the Yellow & Blue had their opening chance of the contest when Shalata took a quality attempt, however his opportunity went out. 12 minutes later, the host’s took the lead when Petah Tikva went out on a counter as Arad Bar sent a left footed ball into the far left hand corner beating Peretz.

The U19’s could have drawn even in the 34’ when Agada’s chance in the box was just cleared off the line by a Petah Tikva defender. Two minutes later the host’s almost doubled their advantage when Tomer Benbenishti beat the Yellow & Blue defenders but Peretz was in place to make the stop as the team’s went into the break with Petah Tikva sporting a 1:0 lead.

Second Half
Maccabi began taking control of the match and in the 62’ they drew even at 1:1 when Almog took a long distance scorcher that went into the top left corner of the goal. Two minutes later an Altman cross found Agada in the box who headed it home for a 2:1 lead.

בדקה ה-68 איילון אלמוג כבש את ה
In the 68’ Almog found the back of the goal once again for a 3:1 advantage while Atman sent the ball to Shalata who added the 4th goal for Maccabi “Shachar”. Just before the final whistle, Netanel Peretz added his name to the goal scorers list to give the U19’s a 5:1 win and a 9th Championship!