The derby of the eternals is "white"

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APOEL and Omonia were left in the white tie (0-0) on Friday afternoon (23/03) at GSP for the 26th game, a result that translates into a profit for the "clover", after enduring with ten players for 45 minutes in " pounding "of the blue-yellows… 

Stathis Aloneftis was sent off in the 45th minute with a second yellow card, while Omonia had a goal in the 26th minute, in a balanced first half. With a player more in the second half, APOEL had the upper hand, created opportunities, but the greens - with a defensive function - endured and kept zero in defense.

Omonia rose to 57 points, the same as AEL, which plays with Ethnikos in Dasaki on Sunday. APOEL rose to 56 points, with the playoffs that start next week being predicted to be "hot".

Space at APOEL
At the beginning of the match, Omonia left space for APOEL, with the blue and yellows having the possession and trying, mainly from the ends to threaten.

Omonia, for its part, played more defensively in the first half and tried to push high, aiming to elicit the error of the opponents and to counterattack, since its extremes have plenty of speed.

After 30 'Omonia went up, held the ball a little longer and showed willingness to attack, mainly from the ends.

The crossbar for Omonia, after a near own goal by Boaventura in 26 'the best opportunity of the first half, with the red in Aloneftis in 45' evolving as the reference point of the match up to that point.

With 52-48% in favor of APOEL possession and 3-3 finals, the two teams went to the locker room almost as equal in the match, but with a player above the blue and yellows.

Monologue APOEL
As expected, the second half passed, with APOEL circling the ball outside the area of ​​Giorgallidis, taking advantage of the numerical superiority, but despite the opportunities they created, they could not reach the goal.

Omonia, for its part, paid attention to the defense, after closing the spaces behind, with Kaseke and Salatic swallowing kilometers and being helped by the extreme midfielders in the defense.

With the entry of the fast Christofi in the match in 72 ', Omonia managed and made 2-3 good opportunities in the counterattack, but the 0-0 remained until the end.

Follow
If AEL gets a point gain in Dasaki, then Omonia and APOEL will face each other again, next week in GSP, for the 27th game.

MAN OF THE MATCH:
Antonis Giorgallidis - The Cypriot goalkeeper was stable throughout the game and with Omonia receiving unbearable pressure in the second half, he had to intervene with difficulty in 2-3 cases, to keep the score at zero.

UP:
Noel Caseke - He returned to the starting lineup, having a very important role, to stop the excellent midfielders of APOEL. He did very well, especially in the second half, where he covered many kilometers and made his team's defense inaccessible.

DOWN:
Stathis Aloneftis - The way he found the ball in the 45th minute, with speed and strength after a sprint, was wrong, as a result of which he saw the second yellow card and condemned his team to a defensive role for the entire second half.

THE REFEREE:
Dimitris Masias - Strict red card (with second yellow) to Aloneftis in 45 '. The left foot found the ball in the claim, but his strong (and wrong) fall after a sprint of a few meters, was what pushed the ref to take out the yellow card. In the 22nd minute, the correct first yellow card to Aloneftis, for a strong marking in the center area.
Masias, however, did very well, made proper use of the card and seemed to control the match.
Stelios Nikita and Pampos Charalambous without mistakes.

Referee: Dimitris Masias
Goal: -
Yellow: 25 'Boaventura, 44' Poursaitidis, 72 'George, 74' Mandouka / 39 'Serfa, 74' Karypidis, 83 'Ephraim
Red: 45 'Thresher

APOEL (Ivan Jovanovic): Chiotis, Poursaitidis, Boaventura (78 'Alexandrou), George, Oliveira, Pinto, Morais, Charalambidis (67' Triskovski), Mantouka (75 'Solari), Marcinio.
Pardo, Kaka, Solomou and Souza remained on the bench.
Kissas, Elias, Satsias and Adorno were cut from the 18th team.
P. Konstantinou was left out of the initial mission.

Concord (Neophytos Larkou): Giorgallidis, Spongekin, Margassa, Karypidis, Serfa, Kaseke, Salatic, Makridis (62 'Abraham), Ephraim (90' + 2 'Bergouniou), Aloneftis, Alves (72' Christofi).
Gevritz, Kyriakou, Bouthon and Leandro remained on the bench.
Ben Dayan and Alabi were "cut" from the 18th team
Freddie, Aguirre, Chr. Were left out of the initial mission. Charalambous and Loizou.

HOW THEY PLAYED:
- With the expected 4-5-1, Ivan Jovanovic led APOEL. For Ailton, right midfielder Charalambidis and left Mandouka. Marcinio is an attacking midfielder. Morais and Pinto played cutters. Right back Poursaitidis, left back Boaventura and stoppers George and Oliveira. Chiotis is the goalkeeper.
In the 67th minute, Triskovski replaced Charalambidis and went to the right, where the Cypriot was originally moving.
In the 75th minute, Solari went next to Ailton at the top, with Marcinho on the left and Triskovski on the right.
In the 78th minute, Alexandrou passed as a left back instead of Boaventura, in order to make the extreme backs of APOEL more aggressive.

- Surprises from Neophytos Larkos, due to persons he chose (eg Kaseke). Kaseke and Salatic played cuts, with the former pushing a little higher, Aloneftis left midfielder, Ephraim right and Makridis the attacking midfielder. Alves promoted. Right back was Spungin, left Margasa and stoppers Karypidis and Serfa. Goalkeeper is Giorgallidis.
After the dismissal of Aloneftis in the 45th minute, Makridis went to the right and Kaseke and Salatic were more limited in their suspensive duties.
In the 62nd minute, Abraham took the place of Makridis and went to the left, with Ephraim returning to the right. The purpose of the change is because Abraham is a better defender than Makridis.
In the 72nd minute, Christofi took the place of Alves, with the aim of being the first to use his speed and make Omonia more dangerous up front.

TIMELINE:
First half
9 '- First shot of the match, for APOEL, by Ailton, with the ball going out, next to the left crossbar of Giorgallidis.
17 '- Curved shot by Makridis from the left and inside the area, the ball over the crossbar of Chiotis.
18 '- Ailton opened the ball nicely and made the shot, but with the effort to end up out.
26 '- Beam for Omonia, with Boaventura sending the ball to the horizontal bar of his team, after a corner kick.
28 '- Marcinho heads from the height of the penalty, after a cross by Morais from the right, the ball next to the right crossbar of Giorgallidis.
43 '- An attempt by Ailton left Mantoukas on the left, whose shot was blocked by Giorgallidis.
44 '- Ephraim's shot from outside the area, Chiotis blocks the ball with a double effort.

Second half
60 '- Poursaitidis crosses, Mandouka made the shot on the move, with Giorgallidis repelling with difficulty with his left hand.
63 '- Ailton made the header, after a shot by Mandoukas, Giorgallidis drove to a corner. Then, after the execution, a slip shot by Ailton was blocked without any problem.
70 '- Head of the unmarked Mandouka a little through the area, Giorgallidis jumped and blocked.
78 '- Counter-attack for Omonia with Abraham giving to Christofis, who was raped and made the (bad) shot.
79 '- A new counterattack for Omonia, with Christofis giving to Ephraim, who entered the area from the right, was released, but his shot was blocked by Chiotis.
86 '- Alexandrou made the corner kick directly, with Giorgallidis "taking" the ball out of the nets and repelling with difficulty.
87 '- Abraham took advantage of the opposition and in the area, turned and shot, but his attempt was blocked by a defender.

BACKSTAGE:
Crack on the cameraman
In the 75th minute, he was thrown from the south cracker at the feet of the LTV cameraman, who then, holding his head, went to the locker room for treatment… The camera, however, was then taken down, no one else took his place.

Fire and stop
In the 5th minute, the match was stopped, after a fire broke out in the area behind the home of Chiotis, in front of the north stand. The referee, after meeting with the people of GSP, resumed the match after two minutes.

Crack in Chiotis
A strong crack was fired in the area of ​​APOEL, a few minutes after the start, but without falling near Sakis Chiotis.

Sexual content
The mosaic that was opened by the APOEL fans in the South stand, before the start of the match, was of sexual content, since it included an "orange" man having… love affairs with a "green" person.

The Real Terror
The friends of Omonia opened a banner that was raised on the protective net, which read the phrase "The Real Terror of Nicosia" and depicted fans in a basement.

Parking the roundabout!
Despite the intention of the police not to allow drivers to park at the new roundabout of GSP, by placing cones from the morning, however, the fans not only parked at the spot, but also closed the road, resulting in inconvenience to drivers who use the highway as access to Latsia! Police had warned drivers of fines, it remains to be seen if they will proceed. However, the road was partially opened, shortly after the start of the race.

The helicopter appeared
The police helicopter was flying over the GSP, from an hour and a half before the kick-off, until shortly before the start, supervising the arrival of the fans.

"Fascism" and "left"
Slogans against the "fascists" and the "left" were said before the game, while the "classic" slogans for "Nuevo Campo" and "Orange Doors" were also heard. Real culvert.

"Let Christofias die"
An hour before the start of the derby, the slogan "let Christofias die" was heard for the first time from the south stand, where the APOEL organizers are housed.

Hatziliasis vs East
"Passage" in front of the east stand, where the Omonia fans were, was made 75 minutes before the start by Panikos Hatziliasis, as a result of which he was insulted by the fans in the stands. He then headed south, where he was deified.

X rated early
Although about two hours before the derby there were a few dozen fans in the stands, nevertheless they started cursing at them. The… mothers of the opposite fans τους had their honorary

Malekkos in journalism
From the newsstands of the west stand, Costas Malekkos watched the game, which started from Omonia and then played for APOEL.

Statements by Rigward
On a foreign TV camera, Hans Reigward made statements outside the western GSP, about an hour and a half before the start of the derby. In fact, the foreign reporters asked the Dutch chief referee at one stage, to take a few meters back and walk towards the camera, to get the specific shot, which he did.
Rigward saw the fight in the West Stand.
The same team, at halftime, took statements from APOEL friends in the upper part of the west stand.

The derby on Spanish TV
In a video at 17:45 on Friday, immediately after the end of the match at GSP, the APOEL-Omonia derby was broadcast by Marca TV. Marca TV is an open-air sports station throughout Spain. The television rules of the Cypriot championship do not allow - at least for now - live broadcast of the games, so the match was broadcast on video in Spain.

Source: Everyday