Of course, even with this result, the champions of Cyprus hope that in the replay of "GSP", that they will reverse the situation to their detriment and will continue to drive the whole of Europe crazy, qualifying for the "8" of the Champions League.
From the beginning of the game, APOEL had as its first goal to maintain zero in defense, while on the contrary Lyon was looking for the goal that would give it a lead in the score, but also psychologically.
Ivan Jovanovic's players easily lost the ball in the center, with the result that the hosts are quite threatening, in contrast to the guests who tried to keep the score equal with their fingernails and teeth.
Eventually they succeeded and the first half found the two teams going to the locker room without scoring a goal.
In the second half, the "blue and yellows" seemed to have run out of strength, at a time when the French were closer to the goal. Finally they succeeded and scored at 58΄.
Lakazet made the shot, the ball countered and ended up in the net of Chiotis. The Cypriot champions looked for the answer, but showed that they could not, at a time when Lyon was pushing for a second goal.
In the end, nothing changed, with 1-0 remaining and APOEL still having some hopes of qualifying for the "8" of the Champions League.
