Maccabi Haifa will host Paris Saint-Germain today at noon for a meeting between the two winners of the first round of the group stage.
Maccabi Haifa will host Paris Saint-Germain today at noon for a meeting between the two winners of the first round of the group stage.
By: Uri Shamir – the site editor
Photo: Maccabi Haifa Media
Israeli youth football returns to provide us with exciting moments. Today, two Israeli teams will host matches in the Youth Champions League: at 15:00 Maccabi Haifa will host Paris Saint-Germain in the second round at the Netanya Stadium (live broadcast on channel number 55 and 5 Mobile). At 19:00 the youth team of MS Ashdod – the national youth champion, will host the Bosnian Borac at the 11A Stadium for the first of a pair of games as part of a bypass route of the group stage. There is no doubt that this is a special and festive day for Israeli football.
After last week stunned Europe with a 0:1 away victory over Benfica Lisbon, the reigning European champions, with a goal scored by Sapir Razon in the 14th minute, Maccabi Haifa is ready for a challenge that makes an even bigger impression – a home game against Paris Saint-Germain, who are in the round The first beat the Italian Juventus 3:5, after leading 1:5 at halftime. Saint Germain, which is ranked seventh in the French league, played last week in a particularly attacking formation, with fast wing players and purposeful players in the center of the link and attack. The Parisian team enjoys quality players in every position on the field, some of whom are on the national team. In the attack, the main player is Elias Hosni – who scored a brace last week, in the center of the defense is the defender and captain Younes Al Hana. The most intriguing name in the squad of the Parisian team is midfielder Eitan Mbappe – the brother of… who, despite being born in 2006, is included in the squad of the youth team of Saint-Germain.
Maccabi Haifa, whose balance in the local arena stands at one win and two draws, is coming to the game with a full squad. Maccabi Haifa will have to be at their best defensively this time as well – and here the spotlight falls on goalkeeper Nitai Gries, defender Elii Feingold and stopper Yonatan Leish. In the link of the captain overage, Aden Otachi is the team’s key player and in the attack they are Ziv Ben Shimol and Sapir Razon. A reference to the game of goalkeeper Nitai Grace coach Masai Dago, in the video at the top of the article. The interviews were conducted by Yossi Peretz Ari on behalf of Maccabi Haifa’s media department. A huge photo gallery from the game will be uploaded on our Facebook page, tonight or tomorrow during the day.
The match will be held at the stadium in Netanya. Tickets cost 10 NIS. Proceeds go to the Variety Israel organization.Online ticket purchase.