The Maccabi Petach Tikva Chronicle
Squad30 Aug 2027
A knee injury of the worst kind for Nowaf Bazia
37 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Maccabi Petach Tikva lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
The terraces30 Aug 2027
The mood at Maccabi Petach Tikva has turned into something else
Supporters who sing when it goes badly are supporters. Supporters who gather afterwards are a problem, and everybody inside the building knows which of the two this now is.
The dugout30 Aug 2027
Oren Biton keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Maccabi Petach Tikva may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Player ratings30 Aug 2027
Adrián Ugarriza was unplayable
Successful dribbles: 27. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.
Player ratings30 Aug 2027
Up for the corner, and Ben Lederman delivers — 7.91
Centre-halves are allowed forward twice a season and are judged on what they do when they get there. Ben Lederman scored, was marked 7.91, and got back before anybody noticed he had gone.
Transfer targets30 Aug 2027
Maccabi Petach Tikva bid $900.0K for Amit Arazi
The offer went to Maccabi Haifa this week and it is theirs to answer. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loud the door closes.
Squad30 Aug 2027
Tempers go at Maccabi Petach Tikva
Rodrigo Mosqueira 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.
Boardroom30 Aug 2027
6 academy players handed senior numbers at Maccabi Petach Tikva
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
Match28 Aug 2027
Maccabi Petach Tikva get the job done against Maccabi Netanya
A 3‑1 win over Maccabi Netanya, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
In brief
- Transfer targets Door shut on Robinho Junior
- Match Maccabi Petach Tikva end the wait against Maccabi Netanya
- Market One of our own: Eitan Natcho joins the Maccabi Petach Tikva first team