Maccabi Tel Aviv Defeats Hapoel Jerusalem in Friendly Match
Translated & summarized from Mako by baba
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- Maccabi Tel Aviv beat Hapoel Jerusalem 3-1 in a friendly.
- James Tavernier scored and assisted for Maccabi Tel Aviv.
- Sagiv Yehezkel and Esther Sukler also scored for Maccabi.
- Andrew Idahku scored Hapoel Jerusalem's lone goal.
- Key players were absent for Maccabi due to national team duty.
Maccabi Tel Aviv secured a 3-1 victory over Hapoel Jerusalem in a training match played in Kiryat Shalom during the league break. James Tavernier was a standout performer, scoring a free-kick to equalize and later assisting Sagiv Yehezkel's goal just before halftime, giving Maccabi a 2-1 lead. Hapoel Jerusalem had initially taken the lead in the 17th minute with a goal from Andrew Idahku.
Esther Sukler sealed the win for Maccabi Tel Aviv in the 63rd minute, converting a penalty after a handball by a Hapoel Jerusalem defender. The team, coached by Kenny Miller, played without Gabi Kanikovsky, Dor Peretz, and Raz Shlomo, who are currently with the Israeli national team.
Maccabi Tel Aviv's lineup included Ro'i Mishpati, James Tavernier, Tyris Asante, Itay Ben Hammo, Sagiv Yehezkel, Dan Glazer, Itamar Noy, Ido Shahar, Osher Davida, Hisham La'ayos, and Esther Sukler. The team will face Bnei Sakhnin next in the sixth round of the Premier League at Bloomfield Stadium in eight days.
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