The Maccabi Tel Aviv Courier
Player ratings21 Sep 2026
Hélio Varela runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 31. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Market21 Sep 2026
Denny Gropper has one foot out of the door
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Maccabi Tel Aviv they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Squad21 Sep 2026
Tempers go at Maccabi Tel Aviv
Mohamed Camara was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Squad21 Sep 2026
Words at Maccabi Tel Aviv training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Caleb Ekuban is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Squad21 Sep 2026
No hiding place for Caleb Ekuban
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Caleb Ekuban, and the manager let it.
Match19 Sep 2026
Hapoel Kiryat Shmona take the points off Maccabi Tel Aviv
Beaten 0‑1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
In brief
- Squad A muscle injury sidelines Yuval Kfir for 16 days
- Boardroom Nobody left the Maccabi Tel Aviv dressing room in a hurry
- Player ratings Ion Nicolăescu keeps on missing
- Player ratings A day to forget for Caleb Ekuban