Maccabi Shachar defeats Petach Tikva 2-0

Maccabi "Shachar" Tel Aviv picked up their 3rd win in a row, defeating Maccabi Petach Tikva 2:0 on an Eden Kartzev brace.

Maccabi “Shachar” Tel Aviv’s starting lineup reflected the fact that a number of players had been part of the Under-18 side in this past week’s winter tournament. Haviv Ohayon was the only player of the five who were in the squad that opened for the club against Petach Tikva.

The Yellow-and-Blue’s first chance came in the 20th minute when Amit Shapira received a terrific cross field pass and entered the attacking area. The midfielder then gave the ball off to striker Lazar Durovic who waited to pass it to Kanichowsky who took the tough angled shot that eventually went out. Five minutes later Idan Binyamin had a wonderful chance in the Maccabi box but Ohayon was in the right place to grab the effort.

The hosts continued to look for a goal and finally took a 1:0 lead in the 26th minute. Amit Rosenboim lifted the ball to Shapira who headed it back to Eden Kartzev who drilled it into the Petach Tikva goal.

In the 35th minute Shapira had a chance to double the score as he got by his defender on the right side but his effort was batted away by keeper Itay Shmuel. The half came to an end as captain Dan Glazer picked up a 44th minute yellow card.

The Yellow-and-Blue goal scorer, Kartzev picked up a yellow card of his own in the 53rd minute when he fouled the opposition’s central defender. Ziv Arie then made a pair of substitutions bringing in Or Dasa and Mahmoud Al Awesat for Eylon Almog and Lazar Durovic. Just a few minutes later Maccabi added to their lead when Kanichowsky was fouled in the box good for a penalty that Kartzev converted for a brace and a 2:0 advantage.

In the 63rd minute Kartzev exited the match and Tomer Altman who played all three National Team games earlier in the week took his place while Dor Galili who just returned from army duty replaced Shapira. For the remaining minutes of the match end to end play was on the menu but no real opportunities materialized. In the 79th minute, Galili’s 20 meter effort would go wide and Glazer’s chance also didn’t find its target while Kanichowsky’s hard shot was sent out for a corner by the Petach Tikva keeper. Rany Hamzey entered the match near it’s end to earn his first minutes of the year.

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Youth Department Action, Saturday December 19th

It's a busy Saturday in the youth department with tons of matches and lots of action. Where will you be this Saturday?

Maccabi “Shachar” Tel Aviv – Maccabi “David Asis” Petach Tikva 11:00, Ramle Municipal Stadium

Maccabi’s Under-19 side returns to action after a week break and following the Israel National Team Under-18 Winter Tournament where five Yellow-and-Blue representatives had the opportunity to wear the Blue-and-White. Ziv Arie’s team will take on 6th place Maccabi Petach Tikva just two points behind Maccabi. The club wants to get closer to the top of the league this Saturday following their Champions League Youth League campaign.

Maccabi “Oded” Tel Aviv – Hapoel “Nir” Ramat HaSharon 11:00, Kiryat Shalom Training Facility

Ori Uzan and Leon Asraf’s charges will look to continue their fine form as they host their Ramat HaSharon counterparts at Kiryat Shalom. Maccabi “Oded” find themselves in first place and will look to extend their lead this coming Saturday.

Maccabi “Eli Fuchs” Tel Aviv – Hapoel “Nir” Ramat HaSharon 11:00, Kiryat Shalom Training Facility

In an additional match between the two clubs at Kiryat Shalom the Under-16 sides of Maccabi Tel Aviv and Hapoel Ramat HaSharon will play each other. Eliezer Ben Aharon and Gady Brumer’s team have good momentum going as they are top of their domestic league table.

Maccabi “Eldad” Tel Aviv – Ironi Modiin 10:30, Kiryat Shalom Training Facility

Maccabi Tel Aviv’s Under-15 team will host Ironi Modiin at the training facility. Erez Belfer and his club are in first place and will try to increase their lead on Saturday.

Maccabi Ironi “Yehuda Partush” Petach Tikva – Maccabi “Team 2” Tel Aviv – 08:30, Petach Tikva Training Facility

It a battle for the top spot Ran Elias’s side will take on first place Petach Tikva. The young Yellow-and-Blue can take over first place if they defeat their rivals.

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Ben Harush: “It’s time to focus on the league”

Maccabi Tel Aviv opened the second round of WINNER League matches with a 2:0 win at Bnei Sakhnin to maintain their overall lead and remain atop the table

Omri Ben Harush the Yellow-and-Blue left back helped Maccabi to a 2:0 victory over Bnei Sakhnin at Doha Stadium on Matchday Fourteen to open up the second round of WINNER League matches. The win marked the 4th league game in a row that the club has recorded a clean sheet and much credit goes to the defenders:

“It was an important game to begin the second round of matches with a win. We gained some confidence and now we’re going to begin to prepare for next week’s match against Hapoel Beer Sheva.”

The style of play Bnei Sakhnin brought to the table:

“We’ve seen this style of defensive play before from our other opponents over the last few months and we changed up our offense and formation in the second half to better deal with it.”

On playing in the Champions League:

“It was exciting to be a part of the Champions League but course we were a bit disappointed. The main thing is to return to the competition next year but now it’s time to focus on the league.”

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Maccabi picks up 2-0 win over Sakhnin

Zahavi stars for the Yellow-and-Blue against Bnei Sakhnin at Doha Stadium coming away with a tidy 2:0 victory on Matchday Fourteen

Maccabi Tel Aviv visited Bnei Sakhnin at Doha Stadium to open up the second round of WINNER League matches and came away with a 2:0 victory on a brace by the captain, Eran Zahavi. A first half goal and a second half strike sandwiched a missed penalty at the stroke of halftime by number 7 as the Yellow-and-Blue won their Matchday Fourteen encounter. Next Monday night, December  21st at 20:55, Hapoel Beer Sheva will visit Bloomfield Stadium in an attractive 1-2 matchup.

Head Coach Slavisa Jokanovic went with a 4-3-3 formation in front of starting keeper Predrag Rajkovic as Eli Dasa and Omri Ben Harush were the right and left backs respectively while Tal Ben Haim and Carlos Garcia played as central defenders. Gal Alberman, Shlomi Azulay and Nosa Igiebor played right behind an attacking trio of Avi Rikan, Barak Itzhaki and captain Eran Zahavi.

Bnei Sakhnin seemed to be the more dangerous of the two sides in the first ten minutes as the hosts had a pair of corner kicks and an excellent close range chance by Jorginho that was smartly cleared by defender Ben Haim. In the 12th minute Rikan’s 16 meter screamer of effort from the left side just went by the near post to keep the match goalless for the time being. However, just one minute later Zahavi would change all of that.

Dasa lifted a nice ball into the box from the right side that Zahavi headed into the left post that didn’t find the back of the goal. But number 7 followed up on his own rebound and pounded it home for the 1:0 advantage. As the match headed into the 22nd minute, Jokanovic was forced to use his first substitution as he replaced an injured Azulay with Dor Peretz.

With the first half winding down Bnei Sakhnin began to threaten the Maccabi goal but Rajkovic was in the right place at the right time on a pair of opportunities. In the 38th minute,

Jorginho’s header from a perfect lead pass by Firas Mugrabi was saved by the Serbian keeper while Weam Amasha’s  chance from inside the box was instinctively pawed away by Rajkovic to keep the lead intact. Just before the sides headed to the break, Zahavi was awarded a penalty when Itzhaki was pushed down in the box, but his ensuing kick from 11 meters went off of the right post and out as the halftime whistle was blown.

With the missed penalty still on his mind, Zahavi made amends very quickly with a 55th minute strike from the top of the box that beat Sakhnin keeper Kadosh to double the Maccabi lead. The hosts didn’t raise the white flag yet and in the 61st minute Mugrabi sent a wonderful pass to Sakhnin’s Shlomi Azulay whose headed ball just bounced off of Rajkovic’s left post and out of bounds.

The visitors searched long and hard for a third goal as the final half hour ticked down but Peretz’s goal was ruled offside, Itzhaki’s free kick went over the bar and Ben Chaim’s effort was sent out of play by Kadosh as the match ended 2:0 in favor of the Yellow-and-Blue.

Next Monday December 21st, Maccabi Tel Aviv will host Hapoel Beer Sheva at Bloomfield Stadium on Matchday Fifteen pitting the two top teams in the league against one another separated only by goal differential. Check the official Maccabi Tel Aviv website and download the official club App to keep up to date on all of the latest news and views about your favorite team.

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Five Maccabi players to represent Israel

The traditional winter tournament held in Israel for Under-18 national teams will feature Serbia, Germany, Ukraine and Israel

The Under-18 Israel National Team will play host to the traditional winter tournament that will feature Serbia, Germany and the Ukraine along with Israel. Coach Eli Ohana will have five Maccabi Tel Aviv youth players on his roster including keeper Haviv Ohayon, Bar Galili, Shai Golan, Tomer Altman and Or Dasa who will all be wearing Blue-and-White.

Israel will host its games at Ramat Gan Stadium while the other matches will take place at the Israel National Team training facility at Shefayim. Israel’s first game will be at Ramat Gan Stadium against Serbia tomorrow, Monday at 15:00 and admission is free.

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Yellow-and-Blue Saturday – Results December 12

Maccabi Tel Aviv's Youth Department had a busy Saturday of action and you can find out all of the results in the article below

Hapoel Rishon Le’Zion 0:6 Maccabi “Oded” Tel Aviv

After falling to Ashdod last week, Ori Uzan and Leon Asraf’s club got back onto the winning track with a superb away match scoring six goals while recording a clean sheet. Netanel Peretz scored a brace while Saar Sa’adon, Neil Goldberg, Prince Thomas and Yarin Sharabi all found the back of the Rishon Le’Zion goal as they continue to lead the table.

Hapoel Ashkelon 0:3 Maccabi “Eli Fuchs” Tel Aviv

Eliezer Ben Aharon and Gady Brumer’s team picked up an important away victory against Hapoel Ashkelon that moved them to within three points of first place Ashdod. Next week the club will face Hapoel “Nir” Ramat HaSharon as they look to close the gap even further.

Bnei Yehuda “Grundman” Tel Aviv 0:3 Maccabi “Eldad” Tel Aviv

Another Yellow-and-Blue team picked up a win on Saturday as Erez Belfer’s side won a Tel Aviv derby on three goals by Raava Assayag.

Maccabi “Team 2” Tel Aviv 4:2 Hapoel “Aliya” Kfar Saba

Ran Elias’ team also won on the help of an Amit Yakov brace and goals by Omer Itzhak and Asaf Hershko to defeat Kfar Saba at home.

Hapoel Rishon Le’Zion 0:6 Maccabi “Oded” Tel Aviv

Watch: Zahavi & Ben Chaim open the year with a win

Just prior to Maccabi visiting Bnei Sakhnin and opening up the second round of WINNER League matches, let's take a look back at the club's first meeting in 2015/16

Maccabi Shachar Blanked 2-0 in Kiev

Ziv Arie's team ended their Champions League Youth League campaign falling to Kiev 2:0. Nadav Amran debuted for the Yellow-and-Blue

In freezing cold temperatures, Maccabi “Shachar” Tel Aviv fell to Dynamo Kiev 2:0 on the last Matchday of the Champions League Youth League. Nadav Amram made his Under-19 debut and was in the starting lineup.

The game began with the hosts controlling the first half as both sides tried to play the ball from one side of the pitch to the other with little accuracy. Maccabi “Shachar” fell behind in the 19th minute when Bogdan Mykhaylichenko’s strong effort was diverted to the post by Ran Vaturi and the rebound was put into the goal by Ivan Kaliuzhnyi for a 1:0 Kiev lead. The Ukrainian side continued to control the pace for the majority of the first half with Maccabi’s counter attacks not bearing any fruits on the other side of the pitch as the teams headed into halftime with Dynamo ahead.

Head Coach Ziv Arie opened the second half by making his first substitute of the match introducing Eylon Almog. However, Kiev would score a second goal to double their lead when Viktor Tsygankov broke down the right side and beat Yellow-and-Blue keeper Haviv Ohayon with a hard shot to salt away the 2:0 victory.

Maccabi “Shachar” Starting Lineup: Ohayon, B. Galili, Vaturi, Rosenboim, Amram, Glazer, Altman, Karzev (Golan 70′), Kanichowsky, Al Awisat (Almog 46′), Dasa (Shapira 61′)

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Arie: “Etched in their memories forever”

Maccabi "Shachar" Tel Aviv's coach Ziv Arie spoke about Saturday's win over Kiryat Shemona and looked forward to facing Dynamo Kiev on Wednesday

Maccabi “Shachar” Tel Aviv defeated Kiryat Shemona 1:0 on Saturday at the Ramle Stadium for an important win and 3-points. The Yellow-and-Blue won their second straight game just before they head out to the Ukraine for Matchday Six of the Champions League Youth League where they will play Dynamo Kiev:

“We played an excellent first half at a very high level. If I would have imagined at night how I wanted my team to look, this was exactly how. With rhythm and tempo. I knew that we wouldn’t be able to keep up the pace from the beginning of the game and that Kiryat Shemona would make adjustments so we needed to finish off the half with a two goal lead. Unfortunately it didn’t happen as it hasn’t the whole season because we are a young team up front and we ended up having a very difficult second half. We were saved by a miracle and I wasn’t to pleased about that. We created enough chances and we have plenty to continue working on but we ultimately deserved to win.”

The final match against Dynamo Kiev:

“I’ll have to relax the players. We may have a rough time against them because this is the Champions League and we don’t know when we’ll have this opportunity again. Kiev needs the points and we have a good chance, but the footballers know that this is the last match and they’ll have to work hard just like its the first game. Even though we are not advancing, a win in Kiev will be something etched in their memories forever.”

Israeli league play:

“We can’t look up in the standings after the amount of points we’ve collected. Following the Champions League time will tell. If we can continue to pick up wins everything will work out for us, but for right now we can’t look past the upcoming Saturday.”

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