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Ticket Sales for the Champions Cup
Maccabi Tel Aviv will take on Bnei Yehuda in the Champions Cup on Saturday July 20th at 20:30 at the Moshava Stadium. Tickets are on sale for last year’s season tickets holders beginning at 19:00 Monday July 1st until 12:00 on July 4th. At that time ticket sales will be open to the general public.
Tickets may be purchased at the Leaan Ticket Agency Office located at 42 Frishman Street, Tel Aviv, via telephone *8780 and the at the Leaan Website.
Please note:
Home Printing is available for this match
Maccabi supporters will be seated in the East Stand (unreserved)
Ticket Prices
Leaan Ticket Office – 55 NIS
Telephone/Website – 60 NIS
Ticket Collection
Tickets may be collected at the Leaan Ticket Office located at 42 Frishman Street between Sunday-Thursday 09:00-19:00, Friday 09:00-13:30.
Tickets may be collected on Matchday at the Stadium ticket windows beginning 3 hours prior to the match until 45 minutes after the start of the match.
Seeing it all: Analysts who help the Maccabi youth improve
The Video Analysis department is one of the operational areas of the Youth Academy’s Sport Science department under the direction of Ilan Richardson. The Sport Science department has two areas one that analyses video with the second helping develop the physical side of the academy.
The video analysis area is manned by a team of professional analysts who manage all of the academy’s video. They record matches and training sessions and afterwards they put together video content for both individuals and the club according to the philosophy of Performance Director Patrick van Leeuwen. The goal is to provide video content and visual analysis for team meetings as well as for the individual.
We sat down for a conversation with the analysts including Liran Gindi, Roie Hasid, Shlomi Tobol and Nir Schkorka as they spoke about their tasks and how they work on a day to day basis while contributing to the Youth Academy.
Essence of the position
The analysts review and breakdown the training sessions and matches for the teams coaches, players and professional staff and show them the key moments at the video meeting. Liran Gindi began as a coach for the younger age groups and moved into an analyst role over the past few years spoke about the job: “Our role is to help the various teams of the Academy. First and foremost we help implement they Performance Director Patrick van Leeuwen’s ideas and philosophy by using the film that we take on the pitch and break down for both the teams and individuals. This will help create video content for the video meetings where they look at what was successful and what still needs work from the previous match. The specific information and content is prepared in conjunction with the coach.”
Shlomi Tobol has been analyst for many years and had a first degree in physical education as well as having a certificate as a football coach. Tobol arrived at Maccabi after working at a number of clubs: “Analyst filming is very different than regular filming that of which we are familiar with from our homes. The angle is much wider for an analyst so we can see the tactics of the team on the pitch.”
Day to day work
Dor Hasid has a degree in advertising and marketing but decided to follow his passion and become an analyst at the club: “We can analyze the information live via an application which we bring to selected events. After the match we go over the key moments and then break it down for the coach according to the philosophy of the club. The next step is for the analyst to sit with the coach and the team at the video meeting and show them the appropriate areas in order to help them improve as a collective and as individual.”
Contribution to the department
Most of the analyst’s activities is at the PenguinPickUp Training Ground at Kiryat Shalom. There are also analysts at the Tel Aviv University ground as well with all of the analysts working in conjunction. Nir Schkorka is the analyst who works primarily with the northern campus and gave us his thoughts from his point of view: “The naked eye can’t always see everything on the pitch but with video allows us to. The film lets us break down plays to the smallest detail for the staff and players and we can look at any part of any match at any time as they are all saved for future reference.”
Working together
Hasid who has worked up until this year primarily with the Under-19 team spoke about working with the staff: “A big part of the analyst’s role is to work with the professional staff and the coaches. This season I had the opportunity to work with the Under-19 squad, the coaches all the way to the keepers coaches. Together we worked on collective goals each and every week to help improve and develop the players and systems.”
Schkorka also talked about working as a team: “We work with all of the coaches and players. I enjoy working together, sharing and disseminating information to help the academy’s professional staff.”
Personal thoughts
Sometimes the analyst job can be very challenging but they also know how to take the good things and learn from them explained Gindi: “The work gives you personal satisfaction when you can put the things you talked about in previous sessions into practice. We work in an area that touches on many factors for the professional staff, coaches and players. This position is unique and I think that as time passes more and more clubs will recognize the added value of analysts and the possibility to help teach and develop players due to this function.
Hasid also chimed in: “It’s gives one tremendous satisfaction to help players improve and see them apply the things we worked on during the week. A big part is to help the players target the first team and help them get there. It will be amazing to me and to all of the staff to see them succeed.”
Maccabi reach agreement with Ashdod on Yehezkel sale
Maccabi Tel Aviv and Ashdod SC reached an agreement for the sale of 24-year-old forward, Sagiv Yehezkel. “Everyone at Maccabi would like to thank Sagiv for his contribution to the club and wish him the best of luck for the future”.
Yehezkel, returned to Maccabi in September 2016 and appeared in the Toto Cup, State Cup, League and Europa League. A season later, Yehezkel scored his only goal in Yellow & Blue during a Toto Cup match to complete a record of 1 goal in 17 appearances in all competitions. Yehezkel was loaned to Ironi Kiryat Shmona, Bnei Yehuda and Ashdod the club he helped avoid relegation before completing the transfer on a permanent basis.
3 matches in 6 days: Maccabi’s preseason friendlies
Maccabi Tel Aviv’s first training camp will come to an end on Sunday but unlike in year’s past, the Yellow & Blue will hold a second camp in Holland between July 7-15. As part of the preparations for this coming season, Vladimir Ivic’s squad will play three pre-season friendlies:
July 9: Maccabi Tel Aviv – Royale Union Saint-Gilloise
The Yellow & Blue’s first friendly will be against a club from the Belgium Second Division in Royale Union Saint-Gilloise who finished last season in third place.
תקציר: 0:5 למכבי על גלובל פוטבול
July 11: Maccabi Tel Aviv – Genk
The second match will pit the Israeli champions against the Belgium title holders who won the league by just two points over Club Brugge. Genk is also preparing for the new campaign as they will be playing in the group stages of the Champions League.
July 14: Maccabi Tel Aviv – Sparta Rotterdam
The final friendly will see Maccabi take on Dutch side Sparta Rotterdam who were promoted to Holland’s first division after winning the second division playoff.
Just a little while after playing the friendlies, the season will officially begin as the Yellow & Blue will play Bnei Yehuda in the Champions Cup on July 20th for the first title of the campaign. Next up will be the first leg of second round Champions League qualifying (July 23 or 24) where they will face the winner of Astana and Cluj.
Watch Ivic sum up his squad’s friendly victory
Maccabi Tel Aviv held their first friendly of the campaign as the Champion defeated Global Sport Academy 5:0. Head Coach Vladimir Ivic summed up the match:
ולדימיר איביץ’ לאחר הניצחון על גלובל פוטבול
Maccabi cruise to 5:0 win in first friendly of the season
After nine days of training camp in Horst, Holland, Maccabi Tel Aviv Head their first friendly of the season as Vladimir Ivic’s squad defeated Global Sport Academy in their first test of of the 2019/20 campaign.
Starting XI: Daniel Peretz (Omer Kats, 46’), Dan Glezer (Noam Cohen, 46’), Jair Amador (Sheran Yeini, 46’), Shahar Piven (Matan Baltaxa, 46’), Ophir Davidzada (Bar Cohen, 67’), Nadav Nidam, Eden Kartzev (Dor Peretz, 46’), Avi Rikan (Ruskin Barsky, 46’), Yonatan Cohen (Eylon Almog, 46’), Matan Hozez (Chico Ofoedu, 46’), Itay Shechter (Eliran Atar, 46’).
First Half
Despite playing in 36 degree heat, Maccabi opened up the match well as it looked as if the Yellow & Blue took the lead in the 5’ but Yonatan Cohen’s goal was disallowed when Davidzada’s pass was called to be offside. However, in the 10’ Maccabi grabbed a 1:0 lead as Shechter stole the ball, made his way into the box and scored with his left foot. In the 20’ Cohen curled a free kick from 25 meters that just went over the goal.
Three minutes later Hozez and Shechter each had chances in the box but were blocked by the defense and in the 28’ Global’s opportunity hit Amador and was taken care of by the Maccabi keeper Peretz. In the 33’ the Yellow & Blue doubled their advantage when Rikan sent a beauty of the through ball to Cohen on the left side who in turn crossed it to Kartzev who found the back of the goal for a 2:0 lead.
Second Half
Ivic made wholesale changes to the lineup and Ofoedu took full advantage of entering the contest when he scored in the 52’ thanks to an Atar pass and added his second goal juts four minutes later on a give and go with Dor Peretz for a 4:0 Maccabi lead.
In the 59’ Barsky added his name to the goal scoring list as he took care of a Ofoedu steal to give the Yellow & Blue a 5:0 advantage. Yeini sent a through ball to Atar but his shot hit the post and in the 75’ Atar’s free kick just went over the goal. Ten minutes later Ofoedu’s pressure forced a turnover that Atar sent off the post once again as Ivic’s squad wrapped up the 5:0 win.
Picking up the pace – Day 8 of training camp
Maccabi Tel Aviv’s Training Camp in Horst Holland entered the 8th day, just two days before the squad returns to Israel. During the morning session the players had a mini match and Dor Peretz scored the winner.
This evening, Vladimir Ivic’s players will have an additional session followed by the traditional Friday night Kiddush, the second they’ve held in Holland.
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