The Maccabi Tel Aviv “Avi Cohen” Youth Academy began training sessions today for the 2018/19 season as the Under-21 side Maccabi “Shachar” Tel Aviv was the first team to start preparations for the upcoming campaign. Head Coach Guy Tzarfati, assistant coach Nissim Dvash and new goalkeeping coach Shura Uvarov were all on hand as the squad will head to their training camp in Bulgaria next Monday.
The Under-21 team who won the league title last season, will be comprised of veterans from that squad along with players from the Under-17 side who also won their respective league championship. The session was attended by Performance Director Patrick van Leeuwen, together with assistants Raymond Atteveld and Robin Verheul. Head Coach Guy Tzarfati who is entering his third season with the team led today’s session and spoke about his feelings as the new campaign begins: “It’s great to get back to the Penguin Pickup Training Ground at Kiryat Shalom to see the guys and the staff. Today is the start of our journey to put together a team that will battle and that’s also intelligent on the pitch. Of course, the goal is to put an emphasis on developing the players and prepare them to make it to the next level, the first team.”
