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AEL end their 43-year wait for championship title
Luciano Bebe’s goal 15 minutes from time helped AEL beat Anorthosis 1-0, capturing the national championship title after a 43-year-long drought at the Tsirion Stadium in Limassol on Saturday.Anorthosis started the game brightly, with experienced striker Yiannis Okkas missing two quality chances early on. The home side responded by hitting the bar and the post in the same minute, when first Gilberto’s powerful strike from the distance hit the bar in 18th minute and then Chris Dickson hit Matus Kozacik’s post after a placed shot from inside the area. The visitors reclaimed the initiative towards the end of the first half and both Okkas and Vincent Laban were denied by the excellent Matias Degra in AEL’s goal... 1 comment
CFA dishes out series of fines
NICOSIA rival football teams AC Omonia and APOEL have been penalised by the Cyprus Football Association (CFA) for violent clashes between thier respective fans last month.Omonia’s punishment is to play two matches behind closed doors and APOEL’s one, plus undisclosed fines.The charges included, among others, violence, transportation of dangerous objects to the stadium and offensive chanting.“The CSA’s judicial committee imposed the penalty of two games behind closed doors for Omonia, for complaints made involving a game with APOEL on March 23,” the association announced... 1 comment
Search continues for motorbike hooligans
POLICE yesterday continued their search for a group of bikers who set alight the car of two Omonia fans after the end of a football match between APOEL and Omonia at the GSP stadium in Nicosia on Friday evening.“We have taken testimonies but have not yet discovered the culprits,” the police said.A group of APOEL fans left the stadium on their motorbikes and at the Nicosia-Limassol roundabout intercepted a car with two Omonia supporters, a 25-year-old driver and his passenger, 22.The bikers “attacked with bats, crowbars and knives, breaking the vehicle’s windows and then throwing a flare at the back of the car,” the police said.Other APOEL supporters helped the two Omonia fans out of the burning car... 3 comments
Hooligans set car alight with Omonia fans inside
POLICE ARE looking for APOEL hooligans who set a car alight while two Omonia supporters were still inside yesterday after the local derby APOEL-Omonia at the GSP Stadium. According to the state broadcaster last night, APOEL supporters wearing helmets and on motorcycles broke the windows of a car on the roundabout near the stadium in which were two Omonia supporters. The two were leaving the stadium when they came under attack by APOEL hooligans who broke the car windows using iron crowbars and then threw in a flare which set the car alight. Other APOEL supporters nearby ran to the car to help the two young Omonia fans get out of the car before it was engulfed in flames and completely destroyed... 7 comments
AEL and APOEL record important victories
APOEL’s manager Ivan Jovanovic was a happy man after watching his side sweep Ermis Aradippou aside with a confident attacking display that resulted in a 4-1 away win.“We wanted to score quick goals and that helped us to play more comfortably in the second half,” he reflected. “Ermis is a team with a great fighting spirit and they need to be congratulated on their attitude. However, it was very important for us that we approached the game as serious as we possibly could and that we kept our focus on a high level throughout... 2 comments
Rivalry heats up as AEL eliminate APOEL from Cyprus Cup
AEL’s manager Charalambous Christodoulou was delighted with his team’s progression to the quarterfinals of the Cyprus Coca Cola Cup after a goalless second leg encounter against APOEL at the Tsirion Stadium in Limassol on Thursday afternoon.“We had a 1-0 advantage from the first leg and we had to devise a style of play that would help us advance. The focus was on not conceding goals in the first half of the game. We managed to do that and even had a couple of opportunities to score in the second half,” said Christodoulou... Read on
