The Maccabi Petach Tikva Chronicle
Player ratings7 Sep 2026
Nobody could get near José Cortés
Successful dribbles: 36. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
The terraces7 Sep 2026
The boos come down from three sides
“We pay for this every fortnight. The least we want is somebody who looks like he cares.” 6 of the 23 senior players walked off into it; the rest were not playing.
Market7 Sep 2026
Itay Baruch hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Maccabi Petach Tikva can pretend not to have heard.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Maccabi Petach Tikva lose Ben Vahaba
84 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Market7 Sep 2026
Idan Vered’s move to Bnei Sakhnin falls through
The deal that would have taken Idan Vered to Bnei Sakhnin has collapsed at the last stage, and he reports back to Maccabi Petach Tikva with a summer to forget and a season still to play. Nobody is saying which side walked away.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Eitan Tibi in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Maccabi Petach Tikva this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Match5 Sep 2026
Maccabi Petach Tikva come up short against Hapoel Tel Aviv
Hapoel Tel Aviv left with the points after a 1‑2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Boardroom7 Sep 2026
235% of the income goes out in wages at Maccabi Petach Tikva
Every club in football pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time somebody has tried it.
Squad7 Sep 2026
No hiding place for Omar El Mansouri
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Omar El Mansouri, and the manager let it.
In brief
- Squad Costly mistake from Osagie Onisodumeya
- Player ratings Adar Ratner's mistake decides it
- Player ratings Omar El Mansouri never got going