Maor Kandil, the Maccabi Tel Aviv defender looked back at his side’s 2:0 Matchday 16 win over Hapoel Raanana at Ramat Gan Stadium:

“I feel lot better and if I didn’t feel ok I wouldn’t have been able to play. I am happy that we won today and I hope that this continues.”

Working hard:
“I don’t know if I’m the next thing but I go from match to match and try to prove that I belong especially playing for a club like Maccabi Tel Aviv. I hope that I can continue to work hard and prove every chance I have to play.”

Playing as a team:
“We have such good team and it’s not just one player. When everyone played well it makes all of our lives easier and I am happy that this is the case. We have a great dressing room and it should only continue. I’m really enjoying it.”

Continuing to improve:
“The staff demands us to work hard and they are always looking to see how we can improve. We have to give of ourselves all 90 minutes and we are really enjoying this year. We can’t take our foot off of the gas.”

Collecting points match to match:
“We have to go from match to match and keep collecting points and not out ourselves in a position where we will face pressure. We just want to keep picking up points.”

Vladimir Ivic, the Maccabi Tel Aviv Head Coach looked back at his side’s 2:0 victory over Hapoel Raanana at the Ramat Gan Stadium and talked about if getting the players to focus after a big week of three wins was more of a physical or mental challenge:

“Mentally, because had 3 tough games before this one and now we had another tough game. They played one day after us and we have a bigger squad. We played to take three points and win the game.”

The season so far:
“They can celebrate after the win but the next day we start to prepare for the next game. We all know our job and what is expected until the end of the season which will be tough and difficult. We won because we played organized and strong and the players have given 100%. That’s how we want to play in the future.”

Hard work:
“Our target is to have all of our players ready for every game especially with 3 games per week like last week. We have to use them and it’s good when we have 18-20 players and we have to keep the positive energy with the team. With hard work they can keep playing and be in the first 11.”

Upcoming transfer window:
“We organize every window more than 3-4 months beforehand and we all know what we want. But we will see if we will make a move.”

Maccabi Tel Aviv defeated Hapoel Raanana 2:0 on Matchday 16 of the Israel Premier League Ligat Japanika as Itay Shechter scored a first half goal and Dor Peretz who came on as a second half substitute found the back of the goal for the second strike in the victory.

Before the match the League Administration held a minute of silence to commemorate the passing of Israeli football and Maccabi Tel Aviv legend Sheya Glazer who passed away at the age of 91. The players wore black ribbons in his memory.

Head Coach Vladimir Ivic’s Starting XI included Predrag Rajkovic, Maor Kandil, Sheran Yeini, Shahar Piven, Enric Saborit, Dan Glazer, Ruslan Barsky, Dor Micha, Yonatan Cohen, Eliran Atar, Itay Shechter.

Available on the bench: Daniel Tenenbaum, Jair Amador, Eli Dasa, Dor Peretz, Avi Rikan, Chico Ofoedu, Aron Schoenfeld.

First Half
Maccabi began the match with a tremendous amount of pressure on the Raanana players and in the 10’ it almost paid off when Kandil sent a cross in the box to Atar but he missed the chance to give the Yellow & Blue the lead.

The wet and slick pitch along with the tight Raanana defense gave Maccabi a tough time but in the 38’ Shechter rose to the occasion and gave the visitor’s a 1:0 advantage as the striker put home a Kandil pass from 8 meters. In the 43’ Atar almost doubled the Yellow & Blue lead but his attempt to beat the keeper just missed as Ivic’s squad went into the break with a slim advantage.

Second Half
Maccabi made their first substitute 6 minutes into the half when Jair Amador entered the contest for an injured Piven. In the 52’ Atar again had a chance to score from the right side but his shot just missed the far left comer of the goal and went out while at the other end of the pitch Ariel Ngueukam almost found the equalizer but his chance went over the bar.

In the 64’ Ivic made his second substitute as Cohen was replaced by Peretz and what a sub it would be. Peretz doubled the Maccabi advantage in the 73’ when he finished off a beautiful Yellow & Blue attack with Atar getting credited for the assist, 2:0.

Chico Ofoedu was introduced in the 82’ for Micha for Ivic’s 3rd substitute while Shechter came oh so close to adding a third goal but just came up short as Maccabi took home the 3 points.

Maccabi Tel Aviv FC bows its head at the passing of Sheya Glazer at the age of 91. The striker was one of the greatest players in the Club’s history was considered as one of the most prolific goal scorers in the history of Israeli football. Maccabi will wear black ribbons during the match against Hapoel Raanana in commemoration of his contribution to the Club.

Maccabi Tel Aviv’s legendary forward Yehoshua (“Shaya”) Glazer, who started his career as a defender, came up through the club’s youth system and joined the senior squad at the young age of eighteen in 1945. In his first years with the club, before the establishment of the State of Israel, Glazer celebrated two consecutive prestigious State Cup victories in the 1945/46 and 1946/47 seasons. That was only the beginning of the celebrated career, abounding with trophies, of a striker who would remain the terror of the Israeli domestic league throughout the 1950’s.

His first milestone came in the 1951/52 season when he scored an amazing 27 goals, a season goal-scoring record for a Maccabi Tel Aviv player that remained unchallenged for 52 years until the 2013/14 season when Eran Zahavi surpassed him with 29. For many years Glazer was also Maccabi Tel Aviv’s all-time highest goal scorer with 130 lifetime goals. His prolific goal-scoring ability often came in the form of braces, hat-tricks and even four-in-a-match, with his pinnacle of six goals reached in a match against Hapoel Balfouria in the 1954/55 season.

Glazer was the spearhead of the Maccabi attack throughout the 1950’s and led them to numerous trophies and absolute dominance of Israeli football throughout the entire decade. Those trophies include five championships (’49/’50, ’51/’52, ’53/’54, ’55/’56, ’57/’58) and four State Cup trophies (’53/’54, ’54/’55, ’57/’58, ’58/’59), not including the two Glazer won before the establishment of the State of Israel. He scored in five of those six State Cup finals and in several of them also served as team captain. In two seasons, 1951/52 and 1956/57, Glazer finished as the league’s top goal scorer. Also as a member of the Israeli national team Glazer was a major figure for the largest part of his career. Between the years 1949 and 1961 he led the Israel attack and scored 18 goals in 35 appearances.

Maccabi Tel Aviv host’s Maccabi Netanya on Monday January 7th at 21:00 in Israel Premier League Ligat Japanika action at the Netanya Stadium. Tickets are on sale now via the Leaan Website, the Leaan Ticket Office located at 42 Frishman Street, Tel Aviv and via Telephone *8780.

You may purchase tickets on the Leaan Website by using the User ID and password. If you do know one or both of those details please send an email to support@leaan.co.il.

Home printing is available

Ticket Prices

Leaan Ticket Office
Youth/Soldier/Women – (Sections 108-109, 208-209 only) – 50 NIS
Lower East Stand – 100 NIS
West Stand – 100 NIS
E+ – 225 NIS
Silver Section – 350 NIS

Phone/Leaan Website
Youth/Soldier/Women – (Sections 108-109, 208-209 only) – 55 NIS
Lower East Stand – 105 NIS
West Stand – 105 NIS
E+ – 230 NIS
Silver Section – 355 NIS

Youth/Soldier/Women tickets are available for purchase by telephone only after identification.

Ticket Collection
Tickets may be collected at the Leaan Ticket Office located at 42 Frishman Street, Tel Aviv 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.

The calendar year is about to come to a close and now’s the time to vote for the Goal of the Year presented by PenguinPickup. All you have to do is watch and vote. Better hurry up though as you’ll have until Sunday December 30th at 22:00 to make your choice and have a chance to win the Grand Prize of a Season Ticket for the 2019/20 campaign.

When does it happen? On Tuesday January 1, 2019 we’ll send an SMS to all those who voted for the winning goal with a trivia question. The first person to answer correctly wins!

Maccabi Tel Aviv begins 2019 with a home match against Maccabi Netanya on Monday January 7 at 21:00 on Matchday 17 and once the State Cup Round of 16 participants were established the Football League Administration published the dates and times for Matchdays 18-20.

In addition, information about the Yellow & Blue’s State Cup clash against Hapoel Acre was announced.

Matchday 18 – January 14, Monday 21:00 Moshava Stadium: Hapoel Tel Aviv

State Cup Round of 16 – January 17, Thursday 19:00 Netanya Stadium: Home Hapoel Acre

Matchday 19 – January 21, Monday 21:00 Netanya Stadium: Home Beitar Jerusalem

Matchday 20 – January 28, Monday 21:00 Netanya Stadium: Away Hapoel Hadera

Maccabi Tel Aviv had a successful evening against Hapoel Beer Sheva recording a 3:0 victory. The win for Vladimir Ivic’s players was the third over a “big” club in the past week that ended with three victories. It began with a 3:1 win over Maccabi Haifa at Sammy Ofer Stadium and continued with a dramatic 2:1 State Cup victory at Beitar Jerusalem and the icing on the cake came less than 24 hours ago at home against Beer Sheva.

It’s important to note that the season has plenty to go along with many goals ahead but with the final whistle yesterday it’s a good time to sum up Maccabi’s week that was over the past 270+ minutes.

Everyone plays his part
The goal differential for the 3 matches was 8:2 and just as it has been for most of the season the goal scoring was split up between a number of players: Eliran Atar (3), Yonatan Cohen, Dor Peretz, Chico Ofoedu, Enric Saborit and Avi Rikan.

The match against Beer Sheva was the first one in 14 contests that Maccabi was able to score more than one goal. The last time the Yellow & Blue were able to accomplish that was the 6:2 State Cup victory.

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