The Maccabi Tel Aviv “Avi Cohen” Youth Academy held two preseason friendlies at the PenguinPickUp Training Ground at Kiryat Shalom. The U16 squad fell to Beitar Tubruk 3:2 as Mufleh Shalata scored together with an own goal for Maccabi. The U15 side defeated Hapoel Rishon LeZion 6:1 as Bar Lin scored a hat trick, Oskar Gloch recorded a brace and Ofer Nagar also found the back of the goal.

The two teams are continuing their preparations for the 2018/19 campaign and the Under-16 club will be in action on September 1st when they open their season at Maccabi Haifa. The Under-15 squad will begin their league season later on.
[gallery size=”full” ids=”162320,162321,162322,162324,162323