A Maccabi Tel Aviv side which consisted of 7 first team players and members of the youth team, suffered a 4-1 defeat to Maccabi Netanya in a friendly

Satnislav Bilensky put the hosts in front in the 19th minute as he slotted home past Roi Mishpati. Six minutes into the second half Osher Davida teed-up Yonatan Cohen for the equaliser as he side footed the ball that beat Raz Karmi. Or Yitzhak replaced Mishpati in goal shortly before Netanya were awarded a penalty that Oz Bilu blasted in to restore Netanya’s lead. Ahmad Salman made it 3-1 as he fired Liran Rotman’s cross into the roof of the net on 74 before turning provider for Maxim Plakushchenko whose close range header on 79 proved too powerful for Yitzhak.

Maccabi Tel Aviv: Roi Mishpati (Or Yitzhak 61), Sheran Yeini, Nir Bitton (Itay Malma 61), Adir Cordoba (Michael Merenstein 73), Amit Kradi (Roi Zarzavsky 71), Eyal Golasa, Ido Shahar Dan Biton (Amit Tzur 71), Yonatan Cohen, Osher Davida, Agam Hanun (Dor Goldstein 61).