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Yellow Friday 2019

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The Black Friday shopping frenzy has become a regular event the world over, but there is also good news for avid shoppers who are Maccabi Tel Aviv supporters — the club is launching Yellow Friday again this year, and it starts on Thursday, Nov. 28 and runs until the end of Monday, Dec. 2.

As in recent years, Maccabi will offer hundreds of items of club merchandise at reduced prices both online and in the shop. Click here to go to the online shop.

These are some of the items on offer:

  • Team strip, including shirts, shorts, skinny trousers and Fila footwear at ridiculous prices.
  • Up to 80 percent off the marked price of over 100 different items.
  • Free shipping for purchases of over 199 shekels.
  • FOREVER members, please watch out for an e-mail informing you of your special gift.

Maccabi Tel Aviv’s official shops at Kanyon Hazahav in Rishon Lezion and at Kiryat Shalom will also offer their entire merchandise collection VAT free.

Yellow Friday is also coming to Bloomfield and a special offer of three matches for 100 shekels will be available on the official site. Click here to link to the site.

Payments can be made with credit cards or via PayPal. Purchases cannot be combined.

Online support for shoppers is available around the clock through e-mail at shop@mtafc.com

FIFA Ratings round 2: Shahar Piven

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Ben Aharon: “confident in youth team’s ability”

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Youth league action returns on Saturday after a three-week layoff and the stakes couldn’t be higher with a clash against “Classico” rivals Maccabi Haifa in the tenth round of action to be hosted at Ness Ziona.

Four consecutive wins has Maccabi going into the match in buoyant mood and in third place in the standings six points off the pace, but it won’t be easy against league leaders Haifa, who have won eight and drawn once this season.

“Matches against Haifa are always interesting, this is the classic rivalry among the youth teams and over the years there has been healthy competition between the clubs through all age groups,” Ben Aharon told us.

“Haifa started the league well and we didn’t, though we have improved more recently and we are in the ascendency,” he added.

Ben Aharon said that victory was definitely the aim on Saturday and he was confident in achieving it.

“We want to inflict a first defeat of the season on Maccabi Haifa and close the gap to three points, we believe in our ability and get the win,” Ben Aharon said.

Preparations for the game have been like against any other team and Haifa’s weak points are going to be the key to get the win, although with so much of the season still ahead, nothing is concluded at this early stage, said the coach.

Maccabi Special host British counterparts

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Maccabi Tel Aviv’s “Special Maccabi” team for athletes with special needs that is sponsored by the Maccabi Tel Aviv FC Foundation in partnership with Bank Hapoalim, is in full swing. On Wednesday the team was joined by the Great Britain Special Olympics team for training.

The Brits are visiting Israel and the two sides were put through their paces at the club’s Kiryat Shalom training facility. The players were assisted by club supporters who volunteer to help and who have become a regular part of the special squad.

First team striker Nick Blackman joined the event and said: “It is a great honour for me to participate in the Foundation’s project today and to meet the British Special Olympics team. We play a game we all love and we face challenges of one sort or another during our career. If there is one thing I can share, it is that they must continue to work hard, persevere and enjoy playing.”

Maccabi Tel Aviv FC Foundation manager Yuval Shaham said: “The British Special Olympics team offered to join us for a joint training session and we said yes immediately. Part of our mission is to cooperate with other teams from around the world and we are very happy to host our friends here.”

Laura Baxter, the British Special Olympics Head of Network Development, praised the move and said: “It has been a wonderful experience to be a part of this project, which is worthy of praise. It is an opportunity for us to learn from others who run such projects and to see this great project that is sponsored by a great club such as Maccabi Tel Aviv. It has also been a fantastic experience for our players to meet Nick Blackman who is an inspirational role model.

The “Special Maccabi” team is one of the main projects of the Maccabi Tel Aviv FC Foundation for 2019-20. It has been established in partnership with Bank Hapoalim and the Special Olympics organisation. The team is made up of 18 special needs athletes and six club supporters who have volunteered to take an active part in training throughout the year.

Football Network project gains momentum

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Maccabi Tel Aviv’s youth academy held a gathering on Monday for coaches and training staff from clubs throughout the country to share its approach and system in raising young players.

Representatives from Hapoel Hadera, Beitar Ramat Gan, FC Holon, Ramle SC, Beitar Tel Aviv-Bat Yam, Ironi Gedera and Ashkelon FC participated in the session led by Maccabi’s head of scouting, Ran Elias. The event was held under the auspices of Patrick Van Leeuwen, the head of the academy.

Leon Asraf, who heads the junior academy, began with a lecture which was followed by a model training session involving Maccabi’s U12 team. Goalkeeping, fitness and technique coaches among others were all on hand to discuss aspects of their work.

Elias later talked of the meeting with colleagues and discussed plans for continued
cooperation.

“This was our second gathering to display our project, and we hosted professionals from many clubs throughout the country. We will hold these meetings once every two months at the training facility at Kiryat Shalom. This time we dealt with the younger age groups and next time we will concentrate on the older players.”

Elias said that at a later stage, Maccabi coaches will visit partner advise on training methods. The project is intended to raise cooperation with smaller outfits throughout the country and increase cooperation and share knowledge and it is hoped that more clubs will join the partnership.

Maccabi beat Ness Ziona 3-0 in practice match

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Maccabi Tel Aviv continued their preparations for the restart of league action next weekend on Friday morning and scored a 3-0 win over Ness Ziona at the Marmorek ground in Rehovot.

Eylon Almog hit the first goal in the tenth minute when his first shot rebounded off a Ness Ziona defender and he slotted the ball home. 

Omer Atzili added a second goal from the penalty spot in the 31st minute after he was brought down and Itai Shechter completed the rout when he received the ball in front of goal after a double pass with Eyal Golasa and the striker slotted home from close range in the 39th. 

Daniel Tenenbaum, still undefeated in league play this season, sat on the sidelines in the first half as Andreas Gianniotis took charge between the posts but Tenenbaum was one of three substitutes brought on by coach Vladimir Ivic at the start of the second half when Maccabi continued to dominate. They had several attempts on the Ness Ziona goal throughout the second period but were unable to add to the scoreline in a match that was played over 80 minutes.

Maccabi lineup: Andreas Gianniotis (Daniel Tenenbaum, 41), Maor Kandil (Andre Geraldes, 51), Shahar Piven (Hadar Yosef, 72), Jair Amador (Enric Saborit, 41), Ophir Davidzada (Omer Itzhaki, 72), Ruslan Barsky, Eyal Golasa (Dor Micha, 41), Avi Rikan (Afek Sapir, 72), Eylon Almog, Omer Atzili (Matan Hozez, 51), Itay Shechter (Aaron Schoenfeld, 51)

The whole truth: Maccabi’s “FIFA Ranking” is back

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A new game, the “FIFA Rankings” was launched last year, and now, it’s back for another round.

Last time, Omer Atzili, Dor Micha and Eyal Golasa were the ones who awarded points to each other similar to the format in the well known and popular video game. This year, it’s the turn of Itai Shechter, Dan Glazer and Shahar Piven to draw the spotlight as they tell their friends and teammates what they think of their abilities, but mainly, they will hope to make us all laugh while as we wait impatiently for the resumption of league play.

Watch the first episode:

Maccabi back in training for league resumption

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The international break is coming to an end and Maccabi Tel Aviv’s players reconvened on Tuesday and returned to training on Wednesday at the PenguinPickUp facility at Kiryat Shalom. With winter reseeding currently under way, the players used the eastern pitch for their training, as the main area is still off limits while the winter grass is allowed to take root.

Because several first team players were still not available, a number of youth players joined in to make up the numbers as coach Vladimir Ivic oversaw training. Israel’s Eitan Tibi, Dan Glazer, Yonatan Cohen and Eilon Almog and Nick Blackman of Barbados were on international duty during the past week.

Israel lost 3-1 to Poland in Jerusalem and 1-0 away to North Macedonia, Barbados beat the Cayman Islands 3-0.

Maccabi will hold a practice match against Ness Ziona on Friday in Rehovot. It will be held behind closed doors and will not be open to the public and the media.