Just before the end of the season, it’s now the time to meet the Maccabi stars face to face and take a picture with the Championship Plate on Wednesday May 22nd at the PenguinPickUp Training Ground at Kiryat Shalom.

The event will begin at 16:00 and fans must be at the facility by 15:45. Registration opens today, and is limited to 300 people. Please note, you will not be able to attend if you do not register in advance.

How does it work?
Registration is open today Monday May 20th at 14:00 to all Maccabi FIRST members for the Community Day on Wednesday May 22nd at 16:00 at the Kiryat Shalom Training Facility, 106 Derech Ben Tzvi and is limited to 300 participants ONLY.

Each person may register up to 3 participants which includes the person submitting the registration. Just like when you make a reservation at a restaurant, you request a table for yourself plus 2 friends for a total of 3 ONLY.

IMPORTANT:
• Following the registration, you’ll receive an email requesting information about the participants.
• If you registered for the last Community Day and weren’t able to come but didn’t give us notice, you will not be allowed to attend this coming Community Day. If you register for this upcoming Community Day and can’t come, please let us know in advance.
• If weather conditions don’t permit the Community Day to take place, you will be notified a few hours prior to the event.
• All participants must arrive at the Kiryat Shalom Training Facility by 15:45. Should you be delayed, you may not be able to participate in the event.
• In order to ensure that all fans meet all of the players, special greeting videos may not be recorded at the Training Facility.

Entrance to the Training Facility will be granted only after a full security check. Each participant will need to present their Teudat Tzehut ID Card, License or Passport in order to take part in the event. Entrance will not be granted to those whose names do not appear on the official registration list!

Participants are not allowed to bring with professional photographers or videographers.

For the rules and regulations, please click on the following link.

Yonatan Cohen, the Maccabi Tel Aviv goal scorer in the 1:1 draw at Maccabi Haifa reflected on the match and also spoke about the season about to come to an end:

“I feel that I am in good shape, it’s too bad the season is almost over. I was happy to score but unfortunately we ended the match in a draw. Now it’s on to the next game.”

Paying the price:
“If we would have been a bit more organized at the end of the match we could have walked out of here with 3 points but overall we have played very well this season. We may have taken our foot off of the gas in the second half and we paid a price for that.”

Always wanting to win:
“Just like every match this season we always go into every stadium to win and you can see that on the field of play.”

Next Season:
“We still have a very tough match against Beer Sheva at Turner Stadium and we want to win so we can on break with a good feeling. As for next season, we can talk about that then.”

Itay Shechter, the Maccabi Tel Aviv striker summed up his performance as well as his team’s after a 1:1 draw at Maccabi Haifa:

“It’s disappointing to give a goal up near the end of the game off of a set piece. We are really working hard to finish the season on a high note. We started to tire in the second half. They didn’t have many chances other than the two set pieces but we will take the good things and move on to the next match.”

Always learning:
“If you give up a goal near the end of the game it can affect future matches but we always come into every match looking to win. We’re disappointed with the goal but we will learn from it and move on.”

Working hard:
“The coach demands us to work hard until the last match and what we do in training can reflect on the next season. We have one more game and then we will go on vacation.”

Helping Maccabi:
“The last couple of matches I feel that I have been part of things and I am here to help Maccabi. All in all some matches are better than other ones.”

Vladimir Ivic, the Maccabi Tel Aviv Head Coach looked back at his squad’s 1:1 draw at Maccabi Haifa on Matchday 35 of the Israel Premier League Ligat Japanika:

“We were the dominant team until the 55th-60th minutes and then we were totally confused. We started to play for ourselves and not the team. If you want to win the game you need to fight until the end and fight for the team. They could have won the game with a last second set piece and we should have scored 3 or 4 goals in the first half.

Concentrating on Maccabi:
“I don’t watch another team, I concentrate on my team and my teams needs to fight for every game until the end. We have one more game and we have to fight to win this game.”

Formation of 3 central defenders:
“We decide on the system with the players we have and who can fit the system. We played well but we will have to see what will be in the next game.”

The last target of the season:
“We have one more week to win this game and that is our target. After that game we can go on vacation.”

Maccabi Tel Aviv and Maccabi Haifa played to a 1:1 draw at Sammy Ofer Stadium. Yonatan Cohen found the back of the Greens goal in the 29’ thanks to an Itay Shechter assist while Georges Mandjeck found the equalizer in the 87’ as each squad took a point.

Head Coach Vladimir Ivic’s Starting XI included keeper Daniel Tenenbaum, Eli Dasa, Sheran Yeini, Shahar Piven Eitan Tibi, Enric Saborit, Dan Glezer, Dor Peretz, Avi Rikan, Itay Shechter and Yonatan Cohen.

Available on the bench: Daniel Peretz, Jair Amador, Ophir Davidzada, Bar Cohen, Ruslan Barsky, Eliran Atar, Chico Ofoedu.

First Half
Shon Weissmann had Haifa’s first chance of the contest in the 5’ but Tenenbaum was up to the task while 7 minutes later Maccabi had their opening opportunity as Shechter sent Rikan a beauty of ball that went off of the bar. In the 13’ Rikan once again had a chance on goal but the Greens keeper Guy Haimov made the save.

In the 18’ Ernest Mabouka sent a dangerous ball into the box, but Yeini cleared it to safety and 7 minutes later Dasa tried to put the ball into the area but Haimov corralled it in. Maccabi took the lead in the 29’ when Shechter stole the ball from Eyad Habshi and sent it to Cohen who went by the Haifa defense and scored to give the Yellow & Blue a 1:0 advantage.

Yeini almost doubled the advantage when Shechter passed the ball to the captain who went in on goal but Habshi was just able to clear the danger at the last second. Dasa tried to get the ball to Cohen in the 39’ and to Peretz and Shechter in the 43’ but just came up short as Maccabi took a 1:0 lead into the break.

Second Half
Omri Glazer replaced Haimov in the Greens goal after picking up an injury right before the start of the half. Kerim Frei had the hosts first chance of the second half but his attempt went over the goal in the 47’ while Eliran Atar came on for an injured Cohen for Maccabi.

Dan Glezer was issued a yellow card in the 59’ and 12 minutes later Frei lofted a free kick into the box but Nikita Rukavytsya headed the ball out. Peretz was handed a yellow card in the 70’ and 2 minutes later Rukavytsya headed the ball over the bar.

Chico Ofoedu was introduced in favor of Shechter in the 77’ and six minutes later Frei’s attempt went over the goal. In the 85’ Rikan’s chance was blocked by a defender but two minutes later Georges Mandjeck scored off a corner for Haifa to draw even at 1:1. Tenenbaum had to be sharp in injury time as he made a pair of huge stops as the teams split the points.

On August 26th Maccabi Tel Aviv opened the 2018/19 Israel Premier League Ligat Japanika. The schedule-maker set up an Israel Classico at the Netanya Stadium which resulted in the Yellow & Blue’s 1000th league victory. WATCH: