Jordi Cruyff, the Yellow & Blue Head Coach looked ahead to his side’s Matchday 25 Israel Premier League Ligat Ha’Al contest on Saturday night at Ashdod, 20:30:
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When the Players dressed up as Chefs
שחקני מכבי משתלטים על פיצה פרגו
Taking advantage of the situation: Jose Rodriguez’s night from the pitch
מגובה הדשא עם חוסה רודריגס
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Take a number: The Facts & Stats behind Saturday’s win
Due to Maccabi’s 4:0 victory over Hapoel Haifa on Matchday 24 and the draw between Hapoel Beer Sheva and Beitar Jerusalem, the Yellow & Blue returned to first place even on points with the southern squad. Let’s take a look back at the most interesting facts and stats from the win over the Carmel Reds.
The attack
Over 90 minutes, Maccabi was able to create 10 excellent opportunities to score. Passes by Eli Dasa were responsible for 3 of them, while Nick Blackman with a pair of assists and Avi Rikan were very active as the latter also had two attempts. Jose Rodriguez who scored a brace came away with a 100% success rate as he converted both of his chances.
Ofir Davidzada who came into the match as a substitute, had two opportunities to score in the minutes he was on the pitch as he converted one of them for his second league goal of the campaign.
Dor Micha had five key passes with each one being accurate while Blackman went 3/4 in the same category.
The Englishman’s goal was his 8th in league play as he sits in second place amongst Maccabi scorers behind Vidar Kjartansson who has ten. Blackman also assisted on two of the goals and moved into first place ahead of Micha for the Yellow & Blue.
The defense
Dor Peretz led the way in terms of Maccabi defenders with 7 successful tackles out of 8 chances while he also won all 5 of his aerial battles. All in all the young defensive midfielder had the upper hand in 15/20 total battles while Jose Rodriguez went 5/6 in tackles.
The 3 central defender system was very active in the attack as Eitan Tibi had an opportunity to score. The aforementioned Tibi made 41 offensive “attacking” passes with 34 hitting their intended target which is a very high percentage for a central defender especially if we compare it to Micha’s 46 and Dasa’s 42.
The 4:0 win was Maccabi’s biggest victory since the 5:0 Derby win back in September 2016 while the match with the most Yellow & Blue goals took place earlier this season when they defeated Hapoel Acre 5:2.
Maccabi was able to stop…
Hapoel Haifa’s counter attacks. Nir Klinger’s side is known for their counters and are ranked second in the league in goals in that category with 12. None of the 12 Haifa counterattack’s in the contest resulted in an attempt on Rajikovic’s goal, where the Carmel Reds had only 7 chances throughout the match.
Yellow & Blue Saturday Results February 24, 2018
Maccabi “Shachar” Tel Aviv 1:0 Bnei Sakhnin
The Under-19 squad returned home and not only picked up a 1:0 win thanks to a goal by Eyal Hen but also moved into first place in the Israel Youth Premier League Ligat Ha’Al. Guy Tzarfati’s side took advantage of a Netanya draw to leap frog them on the table. For the Full Match Report Click Here.
Hapoel “Tzachi Ben Porat” Tel Aviv 1:1 Maccabi “Oded” Tel Aviv
The Under-17 team drew with Hapoel in a “Match of the season” Derby on Matchday 19 as each side earned a point which kept the gap between the two clubs at 9 points. Gil Ben Shalosh scored for the young Yellow & Blue. Head Coach Eliezer Ben Aharon summed up the contest: “The goal we scored was a direct result of a play that we worked on in the training session the day before the match. They say that football is played for the full 90 minutes and today we saw that this was certainly correct. We learned that if you only play one half you have to convert your chances. We had a good first half except when it came to finishing off our plays and the second half Hapoel were better than we were. The players were a bit tired due to the fact that 6 were with the National team and played a pair of friendlies during the week. We’re proud of the players as to how they’ve invested in themselves, their desire and quality they bring to each and every match. The next chapter will be written this coming Wednesday and we will come into the game wanting to continue to improve and write a better chapter in the next match than the last one.”
Maccabi “Eli Fuchs” Tel Aviv 2:0 Maccabi “Moshe Dayan” Petah Tikva
The Under-16 club defeated Maccabi Petah Tikva on Matchday 20 and closed to gap to first place to just 6 points. Roy Maayan and Yali Lazar scored for the young Yellow & Blue. Head Coach Raymond Atteveld spoke about the victory: “The match went according to plan from our training sessions as we worked on specifics for this contest and it went well. We spoke about this after the win that they proved that hard work during practice pays off in the games. We were very tough on defense and that was very important for a football club. The match was very tactical and the players did fantastic work and helped each other on the pitch. We could have scored more goals but we missed a number of times from one on one situations in front of the goal while on the other hand we were put into many dangerous situations on the defensive end. I’m very happy about our results and over the last few weeks we played against some tough opponents while this Wednesday we face Maccabi Haifa so we can’t celebrate too much. We congratulated the players after the match and they know that they have to continue on in a few days.”
Maccabi “Eldad” Tel Aviv 5:0 Bnei Yehuda Grundman
After a midweek 2:0 win over Ashdod, Ori David’s Under-15 South side picked up a home win in style against Bnei Yehuda. The Yellow & Blue stayed in first place thanks to goals by Oskar Glok with a brace, Liel Shota, Elad Kaplan and Ohad Mizrahi. The Head Coach talked about the victory: “This was a fantastic win over Bnei Yehuda and we played well with a good pace of play. We had many opportunities close to the goal and we scored 5 beautiful markers.”
Beitar Ramat Gan 3:3 Maccabi “Ilan” Tel Aviv
The Under-15 North squad split the points with Ramat Gan in a match that featured plenty of goals and currently sit in 4th place, 5 points off the top of the table. Ben Linker and Ido Karbes scored for the Yellow & Blue. Head Coach Asaf Heber summed up the draw: “This was a match with many ups and downs, deficits, leads and we ended up giving up the lead at the end of the match. We will continue to work hard and be a little bit less naive in order to record better results.”
“The fans were amazing; when they’re with us it’s like we have an extra player”
ניק בלקמן לאחר הניצחון על הפועל חיפה
Ashdod Away Ticket Sales
Maccabi Tel Aviv will play Ashdod on Matchday 25 of the Israel Premier League Ligat Ha’Al on Saturday March 3, 20:30 at the 11 Yud Alef Stadium, in Ashdod. Tickets are now on sale for 2017/18 season ticket holders so come and cheer on the Yellow & Blue.
Season Ticket holders have priority to purchase 1 ticket per season ticket until Monday February 26th at 12:00 at which time tickets should they remain, will go on sale to the general public.
Please Note: This match is part of the Points Allocation System and season ticket holders will receive 3 points for this contest while non-season ticket holders will receive 1.5 points. Make sure that when tickets are purchased via the Leaan Website, telephone or Leaan Ticket Office the season ticket number is used in order to receive full points. Should the purchase not be done by using the season ticket number points will not be allocated.
Should a ticket be purchased and the fan doesn’t attend the match, there will be no refunds and no points will be allocated.
Tickets are on sale via the Leaan Ticket Office located at 101 Dizengoff Street Tel Aviv, telephone *8780 and the Leaan Website.
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Ticket prices
(Maccabi fans will be seated in section 5)
Leaan Ticket Office:
55 NIS
Telephone/Website:
60 NIS
Stadium Box Office on Matchday (Should tickets remain)
50 NIS
Ticket Collection
Tickets may be collected at the Leaan Ticket Office located at 101 Dizengoff Street between Sunday-Thursday 09:00-19:00, Friday 09:00-13:30 and on Matchday until 12:00.
Tickets may be collected on Matchday at the Stadium ticket windows beginning 2 hours prior to the match and will close at the opening whistle.
Peretz: “We played an excellent match; but we have difficult ones ahead”
Dor Peretz, the Maccabi Tel Aviv defensive midfielder looked back at his side’s 4:0 win over Hapoel Haifa on Matchday 24 of the Israel Premier League Ligat Ha’Al:
“We played an excellent match today and the ball went into the goal. We had some terrific minutes and we controlled the pace of play as we took 3 important points.”
3 points:
“These were another 3 important points like any other match and I’m happy that the result was in our favor.”
Preparation:
“We come prepared for every match, but the ball just didn’t go in against Raanana, but we prepare the same way for each match.”
Difficult matches coming up:
“We have a number of difficult matches coming up including next Saturday in Ashdod at the Yud Alef and only after that match will we think about the next contest. These were 3 very important points and we will come prepared to the next one with the goal of taking another 3 points.”
The return of Eli Dasa:
“We’re very happy when Eli Dasa plays, but if he doesn’t, there is always someone who can play in his place just like every one of us has a replacement. When he plays he adds another dimension and we’re happy when he is there on the pitch with us. He played really well today and we’re happy he’s back.”
Personal expectations:
“I have to do what’s expected of me and what’s demanded of me. Sometimes it doesn’t go as well and sometimes it does. But I think that we are all playing well together and I’m happy that I’m in the Starting XI.”
Dasa: “The fans gave us an incredible feeling like when we played in Bloomfield”
Eli Dasa, the Yellow & Blue defender spoke about his team’s 4:0 victory over Hapoel Haifa on Matchday 24 of the Israel Premier League Ligat Ha’Al:
“I think we have had a number of good matches this season and we have to relax and come back down to earth after this win. We did what we had to do and we have to look ahead to the next match as both are worth 3-points.”
The title fight:
“It’s no secret that we are a threat to win the title and we did what we had to do ahead of the Hapoel Beer Sheva and Beitar Jerusalem match tomorrow. Today we defeated a very tough team who is also fighting for the title and it was very important to win the match as we created a bit of a gap from them and we can now continue to look ahead.”
The fans:
“The fan support tonight was amazing and they really helped us a lot. I have to take off my hat to them. The gave us an incredible feeling like when we played at Bloomfield and I have to give them credit for coming all the way to Netanya and fighting the traffic.”
The clean sheet:
“I do what I need to do and follow the tactics of the club. We ended the match with a clean sheet and if I can help out the offense but I am really happy about the clean sheet and not allowing a goal.”
