Maccabi “Shachar” Tel Aviv played a friendly ahead of the 2018/19 campaign. The young Yellow & Blue drew 1:1 against Beitar Tel Aviv/Ramle’s First Team as the match was played at the PenguinPickUp Training Facility at Kiryat Shalom. The visitor’s took a 1:0 lead but Head Coach Guy Tzarfati’s squad was able to even up the score thanks to a goal by Ido Shahar.
The Under-19 side will continue to prepare for the opening of the new season on August 25th when they visit Bnei Sakhnin. On Thursday, a special tournament will take place in Jerusalem with 6 Israel Youth Premier League teams who will be divided into two groups with the winner of each playing in the final. The matches will be comprised of two 20-minute halves.
Maccabi Tel Aviv, Maccabi Haifa, Maccabi Netanya, Beitar Jerusalem, Bnei Sakhnin and Hapoel Beer Sheva will all take part in the competition.
