Maccabi Tel Aviv reached an agreement with Hapoel Ra’anana for the loan deal of Or Dasa till the end of the season.

Maccabi’s CEO, Ben Mansford, told the club’s official website: “Or was a breath of fresh air when he broke into the first 11 late last year. When the team were not at the best and lacking confidence and momentum, Or took his chance and played without fear. That belief was refreshing and bodes for a bright future at Maccabi. As other players have returned from injury, Or has featured less. Therefore, we think this opportunity to head to Ra’anana on loan for the rest of the season is an excellent one for him. I am personally looking forward to watching him play and welcoming him back for pre-season”.

Maccabi’s coach Jordi Cruyff added: “Or Dasa has made some significant progress since the start of the season. But since the return of several players from injury and in view of the playing minutes, we reached a joint decision with Or which would allow him to play at the highest level. We all felt that joining Hapoel Ra’anana is a good opportunity for him to continue his progress and we wish him all the best”.

The month of January was a very successful one for Vidar Kjartansson. The Icelander scored 5 League goals and helped the club move closer to the top of the table. Thanks to Maccabi FIRST members Vidar also took home this month’s award.

Barak Itzhaki scored some important goals for the Yellow & Blue and finished in second while Eli Dasa’s return helped him end the voting in 3rd place.

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Maccabi Tel Aviv FC can confirm that midfielder Tino Susic has left the club by mutual consent.

Susic, 25, joined Maccabi on a one-year deal during the summer transfer window and made 12 appearances in all competitions.

Maccabi’s CEO, Ben Mansford, told the clubs’ official website: “Tino is a player we brought in who we felt had huge potential but unfortunately he didn’t play as many minutes as he or us would have liked. Having sat down with him and his advisors we felt it was right for him to be able to pursue opportunities elsewhere. Tino leaves Maccabi to go abroad and it goes without saying that we thank him for all that he has done while he was here and wish him the very best as he moves on to his next challenge”.

Maccabi’s coach Jordi Cruyff added: “Tino is a player with an excellent attitude and I fully admit that he didn’t get the opportunity that his application warranted, but that was mostly down to the fact we have players playing well in his position. He was particularly unfortunate when he picked up an injury at the time when he would have been used, but he has been a credit to himself with his professionalism and conduct and we wish him all the best in the future”.

Imagine 3 different sized boxes, each containing a very special gift and all you have to do is choose the box that looks like you, open it up and see what prize is inside.

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Eitan Tibi, Maccabi Tel Aviv’s veteran central defender spoke about his Club’s goalless draw at Bnei Yehuda on Matchday 20 of the Israel Premier League Ligat Ha’Al:

“It was a frustrating match. We had chances but we were unable to score the goal that we needed. We still have a long way to go in the league.”

Dead ball situations:
“The stats don’t lie and we haven’t scored a set piece goal. We’re working on it and we are practicing but we just haven’t been able to do it and that is a way to open up the game. I believe that we will improve on this aspect in the near future.”

Getting back to the league after the State Cup:
“There’s no question that we were disappointed about the State Cup and we knew that this was a league match and that was a Cup contest. Right now we aren’t in the Cup and we were eliminated. We have to look ahead and learn from the mistakes that we made, however, today we were unable to do so.”

Dor Micha, the Yellow & Blue midfielder spoke about his team’s 0:0 draw against Bnei Yehuda at the Moshava Stadium on Matchday 20 of the Israel Premier League:

“We controlled the match and we had some chances but the ball just didn’t go in. The keeper made some big saves and the ball hit the post a couple of times. Unfortunately, things didn’t go our way today. We have to lift ourselves up and we have an important match next week.”

The Beer Sheva Match next week:
“Nothing before a game against Hapoel Beer Sheva will influence the game itself. It’s a match that everyone is waiting for and wants to be a part of. Any loss of points at this stage of the season is not good and the table is tight at the top. We have to come back next week and get back onto the winning track.”

Losing points:
“It’s a critical match for us next week and it’s a game that we can’t lose. We lost too many points in the first round and we don’t have the privilege to lose points until the playoffs.”

Jordi Cruyff, the Yellow & Blue Head Coach spoke about his side’s goalless draw at Bnei Yehuda on Matchday 20 of the Israel Premier League Ligat Ha’Al:

“I think the team worked hard and Bnei Yehuda was very closed and difficult to breakdown. We said at halftime that these are games that we won’t create clear chances but half chances and we needed score. We had chances but we didn’t score and lost two points.”

About the match itself:
“They had a lot of players behind the ball and we may have played similar systems but we each had 11 players. They were very good on counterattacks, but we played very disciplined defensively and didn’t allow any. The team did well in that aspect counters, but the game was one of half chances and if you want to win you have to score.”

The substitutions:
“Micha is always an offensive player and Ofir is an attacking player. Atar, Aaron (Schoenfeld) and Barak (Itzhaki) played well with two midfielders behind them so we need to play with 3 defenders and speed at the back with everyone else going forward. With players like Hozez, Tchibota and Jonathan (Cohen) on Bnei Yehuda you need a lot of speed in the back and fast people behind.”

Not the optimal result:
“Not the result we wanted to have today and next week is not in my mind. We lost two points and we gave everything. The players were tired the last twenty minutes so the accuracy was gone. But in these game if you have two chances in the first 30 minutes you have to score to win the game.”

The Yellow & Blue took home a point at Bnei Yehuda on Matchday 20 of the Israel Premier League Ligat Ha’Al as the side’s drew 0:0 at the Moshava Stadium. Maccabi Tel Aviv will now get ready for next week’s top of the table battle against Hapoel Beer Sheva.

Head Coach Jordi Cruyff’s Starting XI included Serbian keeper Predrag Rajikovic, Yuval Shpungin, Jean-Sylvain Babin, Eitan Tibi, Ofir Davidzada, Eyal Golasa, Cristian Battocchio, Avi Rikan, Dor Micha (C), Nick Blackman, Vidar Kjartansson.

Available on the bench were keeper Daniel Tenenbaum, Jose Rodriguez, Barak Itzhaki, Sheran Yeini, Eliran Atar, Aaron Schoenfeld, Or Dasa.

First Half
Maccabi began looking for a goal early on in the contest when Vidar’s 4’ attempt went out for a corner while Davidzada’s 8’ chance went into a Bnei Yehuda defender and out. Rikan tried a volley in the 12’ and Golasa’s 17 meter strike four minutes later just went wide of the left post. The host’s had their first chance a minute later when Gordana’s shot went over the bar.

In the 33’ Rikan had a superb chance from close in but Zoubas made the stop while Vidar’s follow up on the rebound went out. Maccabi got closer when Battocchio’s free kick went to Blackman in the box but his header went off the inside of the left post and out to safety in the 36’ as the half ended goalless.

Second Half
Bnei Yehuda keeper Emilius Zoubas was handed a yellow card for time wasting in the 53’ while a Nerijis Valksis counter attack saw his shot hit the outside of the goal three minutes later. In the 58’ Rikan was issued a yellow card and five minutes later Eliran Atar was the first Maccabi substitute coming on for Vidar Kjartansson.

Eliel Peretz, loaned out from Maccabi took a quality shot from the top left of the box but Rajikovic was up to the task in the 72’ while Barak Itzhaki entered the contest for Rikan. Aaron Schoenfeld came on 8 minutes later for Blackman as Cruyff freshened up his offense. Atar took a half volley from the left of the box that Zoubas just got a hand on in the 91’ as the referee added 5 minutes of injury time.

Micha was issued a yellow card for obstruction a few seconds later as Maccabi searched for a winner. Mavis Tchibota took a laser beam of a shot in the 93’ but the ball went wide left of the goal as the match came to a 0:0 end.