The Under-19 Israel National Team will head to Macedonia for a pair of matches against the hosts along with seven representatives of Maccabi “Shachar” Tel Aviv. The two contests will help prepare the team for the upcoming European Championship qualifiers that will take place in Latvia in October. Israel will be in Group 12 along with Holland, Moldova and Latvia.

Yesterday, Israel defeated North Macedonia 2:1 with the Academy’s Bar Cohen scoring the winning goal. In addition to Cohen, other Maccabi representatives include Dan Lugassi, Ido Shahar, Omri Ram, Rave Assayag, David Dego and Guy Mizrahi are also on the Blue & White squad.