Manolo Jimenez’s APOEL put on an excellent performance, winning in the GSP against Anorthosis with a good performance and “clean” 2-0
The hosts opened the scoring early (3′) when o Laifi with a “dynamite” header he defeated Zivkovic and took the stress out of the home team. In fact, he made an excellent move, since he didn’t celebrate his goal as a mark of respect to his former team.
OR Conceição sent off (38′) due to an obscene gesture towards the referee, moreover, he made things very difficult for Anorthosis…
The two teams went into the break with 1-0 in favor of APOEL, who managed the lead in the second half and towards the end (79′) of the match Dražić sealed the win for the “blue and yellow”, scoring his team’s second goal! Drazic did Jimenez justice as his performance was pivotal.
APOEL finished third with 16 points after eight matches in Cyprus, six points behind (22) Paphos FClocated at the top of the table. Earlier, Paphos, despite being behind in the score against Omonia on May 29 in the “Katokopia Return”, turned the game around (1-2) and returned to the top of the Cyprus League standings!
Source: Sport Fm
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