One month since the semi-finals took place, today (Tuesday) Maccabi Haifa and Maccabi Tel Aviv reached the final of the late David Schweizer Children’s Cup at the Ramat Gan Stadium. Maccabi Haifa (Nahalal branch), the same coach Moshe (Kiko) Amra, plays in the children’s league A, Sharon district, while Maccabi Tel Aviv, the same coach Boaz Bracha, plays in the children’s league A, Central district 1. At the end, the Yellows lifted the trophy. Even earlier, MS Ashdod defeated Maccabi Petah Tikva after a penalty shootout, and won the State Cup for children B.
Children’s Cup final (2008 yearbook) starts at 19:15 at the Ramat Gan Stadium, from the whistle of Roi Goldstein. After only four minutes, the Yellows from Tel Aviv were the ones who took the lead, from the goal of Matan Zizov, when the one who cooked the goal was Ilai Ben Simon. The Tel Avivians continued to pull Haifa towards its extension, until in the 15th minute, Ilai Ben Simon raised the yellow-blues to a 0: 2 advantage. Two minutes later, the trend continued. Shahar Drori’s extraordinary kick from 25 yards out made it 0: 3. Bracha’s team was superior throughout the first half.
The second half started fairly evenly, after both teams were less accurate than they were in the first half. But in the 50th minute, Matan Zizov scored his second goal of the game, with an outstanding kick that subdued Amit Rash. 0: 4 to Maccabi Tel Aviv, who recorded an average of 4.5 goals per game this season (in the league and in the cup). In the 68th minute, Bracha’s team closed the game with 0: 5, from an amazing goal by Guy Maman (crossbar and inside), after a cook by Ilai Ben Simon.
There is no doubt that the yellow-blues were superior throughout the match, which led to positive football and there is no doubt that this is the next generation of one of the best teams in the country. The Tel Avivians arrived with record readiness, while the team from Carmel was simply not in the game. Boaz Bracha and his young trainees are picking up the Children’s Cup A for the 2021/22 season.
MS Ashdod holds the state cup for children B
After waiting for more than a month, today (Tuesday) Maccabi Petah Tikva and MS Ashdod reached the finals of the second Shmuel Socher Children’s Cup at the Ramat Gan Stadium. The Ashdod coach, Yves Shrikki and his team, play in the Second District Children’s League, while Maccabi Petah Tikva and their coach Eliran Salman play in the Central District 1. The team from the port city won the cup, after 4: 5 on penalties.
The match started at Ramat Gan Stadium, from the whistle of Yaad Ilani. Just one minute after the opening whistle, Erez Didi made it 0: 1 in favor of MS Ashdod, from Noam Ezran’s cook. After exactly one minute, Didi in a rare personal operation, set 0: 2 to win. In the 29th minute of the game, Maccabi Petah Tikva reduced the result to 2: 1 from a goal by Adam Rosenbaum, after a corner kick raised by Matan Lieberman.
After a rather drowsy second half from both teams, the 50th minute came, when a pass from Omar Eisenberg found Liam Ness, who from the right side of the field with a half-kick, half-elevation, found the net of Ray (Uri) Peled, and the result – 2: 2. After the equalizer, the Malabes continued to launch explosive attacks in the hope of achieving the winning goal, but the Ashdod defense stopped almost every ball. After 73 minutes (including extra time), the teams went out for 10 minutes of extra time, after 2: 2. During the ten minutes of extra time, the teams did not find the goal and had to part with an equalizer, which brought with it decisive kicks from the penalty spot.
After nine kicks from the 11-meter point, Itamar Atias (MS Ashdod) arrived with the tenth and decisive kick. The kicker before him, Liam Ness (Maccabi Petah Tikva) missed his penalty kick, and Atias did not get confused, subdued the Malabes goalkeeper and awarded the precious trophy to Yves Shrikki’s team.
The winning team coach, Yves Shrikki, Was excited at the end: “How hard it is so sweet. After my henna yesterday I so wanted the trophy. We easily led 0: 2 and then from an unnecessary projector they came back, but it made it perfect in the end to win like that. Proud of them for a perfect season with 31 consecutive victories in all competitions, a trophy and a championship. “