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A month of big games

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Monday, January 4th – Maccabi Petah Tikva – Maccabi Tel Aviv, Hamoshava stadium at 20:45

Following the convincing victory in the derby, Maccabi will kick-off the second league round as they travel to Petah Tikva for a match against the side currently ranked 3rd that beat them 2-1 when both sides met for the opening match of the season. 

Thursday, January 7th Maccabi Tel Aviv – Bnei Yehuda, Bloomfield stadium at 20:45

Surely you missed playing twice a week. Maccabi’s fixture list returns to be packed as three days after the match at Petah Tikva, Maccabi will host Bnei Yehuda at Bloomfield for a mini Tel Aviv derby on MD15 aiming to avenge the dramatic late 2-2 draw from MD2.

Monday, January 11th Maccabi Netanya – Maccabi Tel Aviv, Netanya stadium at 20:45

Less than a month after both sides were held to a 2-2 draw in a rescheduled match which was postponed from MD3, Maccabi will once again face the Netanya side that are coached by Raymond Atterveld as part of MD16.

Saturday, January 16th Hapoel Be’ersheva – Maccabi Tel Aviv, at 20:45.

The State Cup gets underway with a tough opponent as the 8th round draw teamed Maccabi up with current holders Hapoel Be’ersheva. Both sides met earlier this season as Patrick van Leeuwen guided Maccabi to a Super Cup victory and first trophy in the cabinet. With renovations of Be’ersheva’s Turner stadium approaching an end, the game could be relocated to the south, otherwise it will take place at Teddy stadium.

Tuesday, January 19th Maccabi Tel Aviv – Maccabi Haifa, Bloomfield at 20:45

This is probably on paper the most interesting match of January as the Champions host the current league leaders. When both teams met at Sammy Ofer stadium this season, the Haifaites took an early two-goal-lead before an impressive comeback settled the score at 2-2. 

Monday, January 25th Hapoel Be’ersheva – Maccabi Tel Aviv at 20:45

Less than a week after both teams faced each other in the State Cup, Maccabi will line-up against Be’ersheva once again in the league this time as part of MD18.

The match between Maccabi Tel Aviv against Bnei Sachnin at Bloomfield stadium originally scheduled for the weekend of January 30th – has yet to be confirmed by the League Management. 

Starting the Year with a free-print-deal on the purchase of a Yellow shirt!

Whether you fancy a shirt with Yonatan Cohen’s name on the back or you prefer Dor Peretz’s number 42 you are welcome to enjoy our New Years deal.

   

Watch the best photos of 2020

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You voted: Yonatan Cohen scored the goal of the year!

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Maccabi’s goal of the year project which is sponsored by Hisense has come to an end. After thousands of votes and 10 candidates, you chose Yonatan Cohen’s winning goal in the memorable 4-3 victory over Maccabi Haifa as the 2020 goal of the year.

Watch your final ranking: Maccabi’s top 10 goals for 2020

 

Shechter reaches 100 appearances

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“It is very exciting to play for this massive club, to win titles, to be part of this club and for me it is some sort of a dream. I always tell the young players that they need to value every day they are at a club like Maccabi Tel Aviv. Every day I come to training, or a game, even if sometimes results are not as good – I am delighted. I won titles here and enjoyed success, and even though there are not so pleasant moments, I am proud to be part of this glorious club. A club that never moves from its direction, that aspires for excellence. We need to continue this way and we would like to bring success to the club and this set of fans”

Ben Chaim: “I love to win derbies”

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Four years had gone since Tal Ben Chaim celebrated the taste of a derby win. T GB e forward who returned to Maccabi this summer after spending two seasons at Sparta Prague, enjoyed a man of the match performance in the 4-0 victory of the first Tel Aviv derby of the season. At the end of the match he said: “This win is important to all the players, everyone in the dressing room, the backroom offices and all the fans we miss so much. I love to win a derby. We deserved to win and did so in style with a convincing result. I think that every Maccabi fan can go to sleep proud and wake with a smile. I never look at who scored or who gave an assist. The important thing as a team is not who scored, but how many goals did the team score. Eylon (Almog) is Maccabi’s future more than me. I miss having fans in the stadium. I just hope we all get out of this period soon and for the fans to fill up the stadiums once again”.

Maccabi win derby 4-0

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Second half goals from Dor Peretz, Aleksandar Pesic, Eylon Almog and Yonatan Cohen earned Maccabi a 4-0 victory over Hapoel in the first Tel Aviv derby of the season. The victory takes Maccabi to 23 points from 13 matches and at the end of the first round climb tonight second in the table, eight points behind the leaders.

 

First Half

It took Maccabi five minutes to launch their first serious attack as Dan Glazer picked the ball near the halfway line, found Aleksandar Pesic who sent Yonatan Cohen down the left flank. Cohen managed to get the first touch before being brought down by Iad Abu Abid who was consequently booked. Hapoel struggled to deal with the resulting free kick which fell to Tal Ben Chaim whose shot was blocked by Siyanda Xulu.

Ben Chaim looked lively in the 10th minute as he charged from the halfway line, cut inside and from the edge of the unleashed a left foot low drive which went wide of the post. Shahar Hirsh had a shot from the edge of the area which Daniel Tenenbaum collected with ease on 13.

At the opposite end Ben Chaim continued to get closer as he skipped past two defenders in the 16th minute before his shot hit the side netting. A minute later, Ben Chaim must have thought he registered an assist as Eyal Golasa sent him wide with a clever flick. The winger curled in a perfect cross which found Pesic unmarked only to see the Serbian striker direct his header wide.

In the 27th minute Pesic found himself on the end of another Ben Chaim cross, but this time round the header was directed straight at Yigal Becker. A well drilled free kick in the 34th minute resulted with the ball reaching Dor Peretz unmarked deep inside Hapoel’s penalty box. But the midfielder’s shot was blocked by an Hapoel defender before it could reach Becker in goal.

Second Half

While Hapoel’s coach introduced Osher Davida for Hirsh at halftime, Maccabi’s line-up remained unchanged at the restart. Within a minute Pesic sent Ben Chaim deep before Deni Grupper was booked for bringing him down.

In the 49th minute a corner fell to Dor Peretz whose second attempt rolled wide of the post. Peretz teed up Eyal Golsa in the 56th minute but the midfielder’s shot from outside the area rocketed over the crossbar.

In the 58th minute Sheran Yeini’s sent a delicate chip over Hapoel’s defense which Pesic brought down before his shot was squandered by the advancing keeper. The deadlock was finally broken right on the hour mark as Eytan Tobi knocked down Cohen’s corner before Peretz slotted the ball past Becker to make it 1-0.

Pesic doubled the lead within a minute as Hapoel struggled to clear the ball out of their own box and from the pressure Maccabi’s forwards put them under, Pesic deflected the ball home. 2-0 Maccabi.

Van Leeuwen made a double change in the 67th minute as Avi Rikan and Eylon Almog replaced Glazer and Ben Chaim. Eylon Almog scored Maccabi’s third in the 73rd minute as Tibi sent Cohen racing down the left flank before Almog tapped the square ball home from close range. 3-0 Maccabi.

Peretz and Pesic bowed out to a standing ovation from the Maccabi bench in the 77th minute as they were replaced by Dan Biton and Itay Shechter.

Van Leeuwen made his fifth and final substitution as Eden Kartzev replaced Golasa on 84 for the final six minutes. Inside injury time Cohen completed the score as Biton released him with a clever back-heal flick before his shot beat Becker to seal the score at 4-0.