APOEL - AEL 3-4 (pen.): The first title went to Limassol (video)

In the penalty shootout, the Super Cup was decided, with the AEL players being cooler, having only one misplaced execution, against two APOEL misses and with a score of 4-3, the first trophy of the season ended up with the Limassol team.

The regular duration of tonight's match at GSP ended 0-0 and as provided for in the announcement for the Super Cup, there was no extension, but the penalty shootout started immediately, with the AEL players being more accurate and getting in this way the victory and the first trophy.

APOEL entered the game aggressively and with high pressure, managed to become threatening, making the first opportunities. Only in the 3rd minute, after a nice cross by Makridis, De Vincenti caught the head, but the ball went a little over Degas' goal, while in the 6th ′ the Argentine midfielder with a nice heel took out only Stilic, who placed him AEL goalkeeper, but Sardinero caught up and drove the ball that was heading towards the net.

In the 13th minute, Piatkovski cleverly pressed Sampu, stole his ball and attempted the shot, but the AEL defender fell in time and put it against the ball to end up in a corner, correcting his own mistake.

Gradually, AEL rose aggressively, creating some opportunities, with Meska, Felzer and Eleftheriou, but without worrying Waterman. The Dutch goalkeeper had to intervene immediately only in the 32nd minute, when Ochene with a nice pass found Meska at the height of the semicircle of the large area of ​​APOEL, but Waterman came out of his home in time and with a proper tackle kicked the ball before become dangerous.

The scene is similar at the beginning of the second half, with APOEL being more aggressive, but without being particularly threatening, as some opportunities he found were misplaced. AEL quickly balanced the pace, but with bad choices in the attack it was also misplaced.

In the 78th minute, in the best moment of AEL, Fletcher marked the outside of the net, while APOEL responded a minute later with a nice cross shot by Ephraim and Degra to drive to a corner.

Both teams continued to look for the winning goal in the last minutes to avoid the thankless penalty shootout, as there is no extension in this institution, but to no avail.

The AEL players were more accurate in the penalties and with a score of 4-3 they won the Super Cup. Tagbatzumi, Sambu, Sielis and Nikolaou scored for AEL, while Feltser was defeated by Waterman. Morais, Leal and De Vincenti scored from APOEL, but Antoniadis and Ephraim shot over the goal.

APOEL (Domingos Solienza): Waterman, Sergio, Astith, Carlao (67 ′ Amorin), Antoniadis, De Vincenti, Makridis, Vinicius (74 ′ Morais), Ephraim, Stilic (67 ′ Leal), Piatkowski.

AEL (Christakis Christoforou): Degra, Airosa (84 ′ Nikolaou), Sampou, Sielis, Rober, Sardinero, Eleftheriou, Soares (64 ′ Tagbatzumi), Meska, Ohene, Feltser.

Source: Goal