Yellow & Blue Youth Department Results October 10, 2017

The Youth Department featured a number of midweek contests as the two Under-15 sides won while the Under-16 squad fell to Jerusalem

Maccabi “Eli Fuchs” 1:2 Beitar “Shmuel” Jerusalem
After a Derby win just three days ago, the U16 squad fell to the capital city side on Matchday 4 as Or Roizman was the Maccabi goal scorer. Assistant coach Leon Asraf commented, “We played better than we did than in the Derby despite losing today but we did see a number of good things. We will continue to work hard and improve.”

Maccabi “Eldad” Tel Aviv 3:2 SC Ironi Ashdod Alona
The Under-15 South Team continued their winning ways after scoring six goals on Matchday 1. This time the young Yellow & Blue picked up an important win against a strong Ashdod side. Rom Gross scored a brace while Elad Kaplan also found the back of the goal. Head Coach Ori David: “We didn’t play poorly but we could have made the match a bit easier as we couldn’t take advantage of some opportunities near the goal. Regardless, at this point of the season we are in good shape.”

Hapoel Hadera 0:2 Maccabi “Ilan” Tel Aviv
The Under-15 North squad also won away at Hadera for this second win in as many matches, Omer Senior and Aviv Peles were the goal scorers for Asaf Heber’s side: “We began the game well and controlled the tempo while also pressuring the opponent and were able to score two goals. The second half was not at good, primarily because we were dragged into an undisciplined style of game by Hadera.”

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Youth Department Action Tuesday October 10, 2017

Some of the Youth Department clubs will be in midweek action in league play as the Under-16 side hosts league leader Beitar Jerusalem, the U15 South squad faces Ashdod while the North team heads to Hadera

Maccabi “Eli Fuchs” Tel Aviv – Beitar “Shmuel” Jerusalem, 16:00 Kiryat Shalom Synthetic
After the Derby victory this past Saturday, the U16 side hosts the league leaders on Matchday 4. The capital city club has collected 9 out of 9 points to date.

Maccabi “Eldad” Tel Aviv – SC Ironi Ashdod Alona, 14:00 Kiryat Shalom Synthetic
The Under-15 South squad began their season on the right foot scoring 6 goals this past Saturday. On Tuesday they will welcome Ashdod with hope of keeping a perfect record.

Hapoel Hadera – Maccabi “Ilan” Tel Aviv, 10:45 Hadera
The U15 North team heads to Hadera for a Matchday 2 contest after picking up a win this past Saturday to open up their campaign.

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Yellow & Blue Youth Department Results October 7, 2017

The Under-16’s kept up their fine play with a victory over the Reds in the Derby, while both U15 sides picked up wins

WATCH: All the Youth Department Goals

Hapoel “Yasmin” Tel Aviv 0:1 Maccabi “Eli Fuchs” Tel Aviv
The young Yellow & Blue defeated the Reds in the Tel Aviv Derby picking up yet another victory on Matchday 3 of the Under-16 League. Shaked Navon scored the lone marker of the contest. Assistant coach Leon Asraf commented, “Derbies are never easy. We didn’t begin the match as best as possible but we got better as the game went on. The players showed great determination and they pushed hard to get the win.”

Hapoel Kiryat Ono 0:6 Maccabi “Eldad” Tel Aviv
The Under-15 South club began their league campaign with a quality win on the opening Matchday. Elad Kaplan and Ori HaLevi each scored a brace while Rom Gross and Ben Linker also found the back of the goal. Head Coach Ori David said: “We played at a good pace as per the principles of the Youth Department. We are very happy as to how the players are improving both as individuals and as a team. This was an excellent game for us.”

Maccabi “Ilan” Tel Aviv 4:1 Maccabi “Avraham” Emek Hefter
The Yellow & Blue’s Northern Under-15 squad also picked up a win on Matchday 1 thanks to goals by Aviv Peles, Tomer Friedman and a pair of markers by Rani Nof. Asaf Heber, the side’s coach spoke about the match that was: “We weren’t that organized in the first half and we didn’t manage to take advantage of our play in the middle of the pitch but thankfully we didn’t give up any goals. We began the second half and gave up a goal but we picked up the pace and the players were able to follow the instructions that were given to them at halftime. We were able to create scoring chances on many of our attacks and we did indeed score on some of them.”

The Under-19 and Under-17 clubs were off this weekend from their respective leagues.

WATCH: All the Youth Department Goals

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A Different Level: Sports Science Department

Analyst, fitness coaches, GPS, technological developments and player rehabilitation. All of theses are just some of the activities of the Youth Department’s Sports Science section. Let’s get to know Antonio Dello Iaconno’s department

The Maccabi Tel Aviv Youth Department has a wide variety of departments whose goals are to promote and streamline the Club’s activities. In an in-depth interview with Dr. Antonio Dello Iaconno, the Yellow & Blue’s Sports Science Department Director, he sheds light on the structure of the department, the programs and the importance of the work that is being done by the staff.

The Sports Science Department includes 5 fitness coaches and 4 analysts who help run the operation of the department with Antonio at its head. His job is to manage the department, to dictate methodological guidelines for training, to build a database that deals with the physical aspects of the department and to give feedback to coaches on the basis of the information available.

The department’s staff examines everything that occurs on the pitch thanks to technological devices such as GPS and video. The staff also collects data into a database that they are managing which allows them to know how to determine the content of each training session.

The ultimate goal is to give the coaches guidelines in order for them to plan and regulate the sessions, to analyze what they are doing on the macro level, when to do certain parts of training during the week and on which day, up to the micro level including methodology, rest periods, training times, the amount of players and the conditions for the actual sessions themselves.

At the same time, the analysts review and manage the video content. They film every match as well as training sessions and they put together individual or team video clips according to the philosophy of the Performance Director Patrick van Leeuwen with the goal of giving the coaches material and video information for team as well as individual meetings. The video content will also be used to analyze the matches according to specifications that were determined in advance and can also look at quantitative and qualitative aspects that occurred during the game so that the positives can be continued to be worked on or to give feedback in areas that need improvement.

Another important part of the department is the rehabilitation of injured players which is done in conjunction with the medical staff headed by Snir Konik.

Any Injured player who needs to return to his squad once he has completed the clinical stage of the physiotherapy passes through the Sports Science Department. They deal primarily with the player’s rehabilitation and having them return to action as strong as possible in order to deal with the pressure that will need to be faced in training sessions with the emphasis on making sure that the injury does not reoccur.

Another new advance has been the cooperation between Maccabi and technological sports startups. The department decided to partner with startups that on one hand want to develop their product while also receiving professional feedback to help improve it as well.

Anything that can be measured, quantified, analyzed and gives a broader picture of what is being done on the pitch is welcome. It helps the department analyze and characterize additional items. Project examples: 1. A system that will test training sessions in combination with optical and accelerometer technology. 2. Project that can characterize technical capabilities. 3. System for predicting injuries. 4. A topic already being discussed in the department is spatial/cognitive orientation training by visual stimulation. Click here to see the cognitive training session in action.

The Sports Science Department is a large department that receives both professional and budgetary support. The data received is vital in improving the Youth Department’s efficiency.

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Youth Department Action

The Under-16’s will head to Wolfson for a Derby, the Under-15’s begin league action while the Under-17 side is on break

Hapoel “Yashin” Tel Aviv – Maccabi “Eli Fuchs” Tel Aviv, 10:30 Wolfson 2
After a 9:0 win over Ironi Modiin, the U16’s will head to Wolfson for Derby against Hapoel Tel Aviv. Both sides enter the contest having picked up wins last Matchday.

Hapoel Kiryat Ono – Maccabi “Eldad” Tel Aviv
The Under-15 South team will begin league play away at Kiryat Ono on Matchday 1. The Yellow & Blue will look to continue their positive momentum from their win in the State Cup.

Maccabi “Ilan” Tel Aviv – Maccabi Emek Hefer Avraham
Maccabi’s U15 North side will also get their league campaign started when they host Maccabi Emek Hefer after picking up a State Cup win two weeks ago.

The Under-19 & Under-17 clubs are on break and will get back to action after the Sukkot Holiday.

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Maccabi personnel visit PSG

A delegation of coaches from the Youth Department visited the French capital and took part in training sessions at the club while also meeting with Luis Fernandez

A delegation of Maccabi Tel Aviv Youth Department coaches arrived in Paris for a number of days of professional training and enrichment at their French counterpart Paris St. German.

Yellow & Blue personnel including Raymond Atteveld, Aliran Mizrahi, Asaf Heber, Nissim Dvash and Leon Asraf all traveled to France’s capital and took part in the PSG Under-19 & Under-17 training sessions and later on will observe younger ages as well. The group will also meet with Luis Fernandez, the former Israel National Team coach and current Academy Director at PSG.

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Maccabi “Oded” wins the Derby 2:1

Maccabi “Oded” Tel Aviv recorded a comeback win in the Derby against Hapoel Tel Aviv. The victory keeps them perfect after 4 Matchdays. Asaf Hershko & Nadav Nidam were the goal scorers

The Under-17 side defeated Hapoel Tel Aviv 2:1 on Matchday 4 of the Youth Premier League Ligat Ha’Al. The Yellow & Blue fell behind in the 2nd minute but made a quick comeback to take the lead by the 8th minute thanks to goals by Asaf Hershko and Nadav Nidam.

The match began as Maccabi gave up a quick goal in the 2nd minute however, Asaf Hershko found the back of goal just one minute later as he pounced on a ball in the middle of the box and beat the Reds keeper. Five minutes later the comeback was complete as Tal Yogadaev made his way down the left wing, sent the ball into the box to Nadav Nidam who slotted it home for the goal.

Both sides began to open the game up as Maccabi hit the post while a number of dangerous chances from Hapoel were cleared the the Yellow & Blue defense. Both clubs didn’t come up with many second half chances as Or Itzhak, the Maccabi keeper was able to take care of any threats from the Reds side as the hosts came away with the 2:1 win.

Head Coach Eliezer Ben Aharon commented about the match: “There are always a lot of emotions and a great atmosphere at Derby matches. The first half was much better than the second half. We gave up an early goal but were able to get back into the contest quickly and take the lead. This was thanks to the work we do in training like moving the back from side to side in an organized fashion and getting certain players involved.

I tried to make a number of substitutes in the second half to freshen up the game but the match just didn’t move on to a higher level. If we concentrated a bit more we could have scored more goals and perhaps even doubling our output. I’m going to take the win from this match and the players sacrifice and determination. You need to know how to win these types of games.”

Starting Lineup: Or Itzhak, Omer Itzhak, Roie Benbenisti, Dan Lugassi, Shachar Rosen, Asaf Hershko, Omri Ram, Nadav Nidam, Raava Assayag, Bar Cohen, Tal Yogadaev.

Substitutes used: Ido Shachar, Deal Ben Shalosh, Hadar Yosef, Guy Mizrachi, Rotem Yitzkar.

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Tzarfati: “This was an important away victory”

The Under-19 Head Coach summed up his side’s 1:0 win over Bnei Yehuda: “I believe that the victory will help us improve from match to match”

Maccabi “Shachar” Tel Aviv defeated Bnei Yehuda 1:0 in the Little Derby on Matchday 3 of the Israel Youth Premier League Ligat Ha’Al. The victory was the club’s first of the season and the Head Coach Guy Tzarfati spoke about the important win:

“It was a tough match against a difficult opponent. I’m happy about how the players jelled together and worked on the pitch. This was an important away victory that will help us along the way.”

Going forward:

“I know that our club can and needs to play better over longer periods of time during course of the match, to be more dominant and control the game. I believe that this will continue to improve from match to match.”

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Maccabi “Shachar” defeats Bnei Yehuda 1:0

The Club's U19 side picked up their first win of the campaign against Bnei Yehuda in the Little Derby on Matchday 3 of the Youth Premier League. Eylon Almog scored the winner of the Yellow & Blue

Prematch
Matchday 3 of the Youth Israel Premier League Ligat Ha’Al featured Maccabi Tel Aviv play away at Bnei Yehuda after the Yellow & Blue fell last week to Hapoel Rishon Le’Zion. Head Coach Guy Tzarfati’s Starting XI included Daniel Peretz in goal along with Alon Strosberg, Amit Glezer, Fadi Najar, Tomer Mahluf, Eden Kartsev, Captain Tomer Altman, Netanel Peretz, Or Dasa, Eyal Hen and Eylon Almog.

First Half
After 3 minutes of action the Yellow & Blue had the first chance of the match as Hen came down the left wing and crossed the ball to Almog, but his header missed the target. Abodalia’s dangerous free kick for the hosts in the ‘18 was saved by Peretz while 6 minutes later the aforementioned Abodalia took a Liel Bitton cross but headed the ball into the post.

In the ‘27 Maccabi took the lead thanks to Almog who took a deep ball from Altman and found the back of the goal from a tough angle for the 1:0 advantage. Four minutes later Altman tried his luck from 30 meters, but his scorcher was saved by Shachar Amsalem and in the ‘39 Bar Sidis was alone in the box but put the ball over the Maccabi goal.

Second Half
The first twenty minutes of the second half was played primarily in the midfield as both squads couldn’t muster up a dangerous chance on either side of the pitch. In the ‘65 Glezer cleared a ball in the box as Bnei Yehuda looked to equalize. Five minutes later Yarden Shoa took a deep pass and went in on a one on one situation against the Yellow & Blue keeper Daniel Peretz, but the Maccabi shot stopper was up to the task to make the stop and keep his clean sheet intact.

In the ‘78 Altman gave Netanel Peretz the ball in the box but his shot went over the bar while four minutes later Bnei Yehuda almost drew even but Sidis was stopped cold by the Maccabi defenders. Almog was free in the box in the ‘90 but his attempt was saved by the Bnei Yehuda keeper as the match ended in a 1:0 Yellow & Blue win.

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Youth Department Goals – September 16, 2017

Another Saturday of football at the Maccabi Tel Aviv Youth Department produced a bunch of goals and we've got them all for you inside. WATCH