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Yeini: “We always want to win regardless of the conditions”

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“As professional footballers we must accept every decision and face the challenges” Yeini said, “We are the first ones who want to win regardless of what the conditions might be – this is part and parcel of being athletes and players at Maccabi Tel Aviv. We need to know how to face the challenges and manage to extract the best out of ourselves. I really hope that we will be able to advance to the next stage of the Cup”.

Maccabi foundation receives the President’s shield of honor award

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This morning (Wednesday) Maccabi Tel Aviv Foundation received the 2020/21 ‘Shield of Honor’ award from Israel President, Reuven Rivlin, at a ceremony which took place at the President’s residence in Jerusalem.

Since the 2014/15 season the ‘Shield of Honor’ award is presented by the Israel President to top-flight clubs for ethical and educational activities in the community – tackling issues such as violence and racism in football grounds.

Since the 2014/15 season the ‘Shield of Honor’ award is presented by the Israel President to top-flight clubs for ethical and educational activities in the community – tackling issues such as violence and racism in football grounds.

Maccabi CEO, Sharon Tammam, who attended the ceremony together with midfielder Avi Rikan and Foundation representatives Yonit Nakari and Heli Amzaleg – received the award on behalf of the club from the Israel President.

Amongst the committee’s reasoning for awarding Maccabi the ‘Shield of Honor’ were the support of ‘Educating for Excellence’, Old Age Pensioners, Holocaust survivors, Lone Soldiers as well as supporting various other populations who were hit hard during the COVID pandemic. In addition, over the past two years the club has set a high value threshold in dealing with extraordinary incidents involving players and fans”.

The club’s CEO, Sharon Tammam, accepted the award and said: “Maccabi Tel Aviv FC and the Maccabi Tel Aviv Foundation would like to thank the Israel President, Reueven Rivlin, and the committee for winning the ‘Shield of Honor’ award.

The vision of the Foundation which was initiated several years ago inspired by the club’s owner, Mitch Goldhar, is channeling the positive energy of football for intense activity in a bid to create a significant social change. The past year was extremely challenging especially in view of the COVID pandemic as well as the latest security situation. But through the extensive activity of the Foundation and the devotion of fans who became ‘active players in the community’ we managed to create several projects in order to support all the echelons of the population that required help and support. This is a great opportunity to thank all the loyal fans who devoted themselves and joined the Foundation’s activities, the first-team players, and the various sponsors and commercial partners who kept supporting the Foundation’s various activities over the years.

The timing for receiving such an award during these challenging days is binding us all to continue highlighting the importance of sport as a bridge between people, religions and cultures, as well as the importance of eradicating violence and racism from Israeli society”.

In his opening words that began the ceremony, Israel President, Reuven Rivlin, said: “This stage where the ‘Shield of Honor’ is being awarded and Israeli Sports receives a boost of hope, was supposed to have taken place at a larger and more festive format. Due to security issues and in view of the severe internal conflict we are currently in, the event today became an emergency one. We must not allow the extremists dictate the tone and paint Israeli society as well as Israeli and sport and football in colors of racism and hate. This is not the sporting spirit. I am delighted and feel proud to stand here today as I know that everyone who is present here shares this understanding. Together with many others who succeeded in making a difference, not only in the local sports culture but in Israeli society in general. We would like to continue congratulating and strengthening you for the hard work, the sporting spirit and the hope you create in the hearts of everyone. Massive hope – Israeli hope”.

The awards ceremony took place at President’s Residence in Jerusalem as part of the “We all share the same pitch” event that was staged in a bid to send a message that Israeli Sports is a mirror to Israeli society and the Jewish-Arab partnership. The event was attended by Minister of Culture and Sport, Hili Tropper, IFA Chairman, Oren Hasson, IPFL CEO Nicholas Lev, the Umm al-Fahm Mayor Dr. Samir Sobhi Mahamed, and several key officials from the Israeli sports world such as club owners and club in the community representatives.

 

Need support? We are here for you

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The State of Israel are is experiencing difficult times due to the security situation. Every one of us reacts to the incidents in a different way and experiences them differently- we are here for everyone who is in need.

As a result the Maccabi Tel Aviv foundation, together with Ahim Lasemel and the Maccabi organisation, decided to support the fans who need help and cheering up at this difficult period.

If you are soldiers on duty, members of the security forces, fans stranded in safety rooms and need us, parents to children that really love Maccabi, fans who own a business and are suffering from financial difficulties due to the situation, we are always here for you regardless where you are.

You are invited to write to us using the following link.

Please specify the assistance you require and we will try help, support and cheer you up as much as we possibly can

Maccabi trained at Netanya

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Following the security situation, Maccabi Tel Aviv rellocated to Netanya today (Thursday) and held an afternoon training session at Maccabi Netanya’s complex.

Despite the volatile situation, the team continued their efforts to keep some sort of training regime and prepare for the forthcoming matches.

The foreign players who flew abroad this morning following the club’s decision to allow them travel home and stay with their families before returning when the current climate calms down, were absent.

The club’s employees as well as members of the coaching staff remain in close contact with the foreign players, assist them personally and will continue doing so during this difficult period.

Yeini: “We await a very important match in the Cup”

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“Maccabi Haifa deserves credit because they have a talented team and they showed a lot of character” Yeini said, “We never give until the end as it is in our character to continue all the way to the end. We will try and put them under pressure, I am not very optimistic but we will continue trying. From tomorrow we will start thinking about the Cup as we have a very important match ahead of us”.

“I always believe that everything is possible as it is not over until it is over” Eytan Tibi said after the game, “I have no doubt that it will be even harder. This team did amazing things in recent years and I believe in this team 100%”.