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First Cypriot team ever in CL as Anorthosis eliminate Olympiakos

Jonathan Roorda - 28 August 2008 01:57

Champions League

ATHENS (SW) - Olympiakos are out of the Champions League while Anorthosis Famagusta are the first ever Cypriot side to make it to the group phase of Europe's most prestigious club tournament.

After their 3-0 win in the first leg on Cyprus, Anorthosis had more than one leg in the group phase. However, Olympiakos were determined to turn things around in Athens.

After a goalless first half, the Greeks did finally break the deadlock in the 53rd minute through Belusschi.

But a second, and let alone third goal failed to arrive. Thanks to this 3-1 aggregate victory, Larnaca based Anorthisis are the first side from their country to survive the preliminary rounds of the Champions League.

Olympiakos Piraeus vs. Anorthosis Famagusta FC

Olympiakos Piraeus

1 - 0

Anorthosis Famagusta FC

Competition
Date
27 August 2008
Kick-off
20:45
Half-time
0 - 0
Full-time
1 - 0
On aggregate
1 - 3

Goals

1 - 0

Lineups

Player Bookings
A. Nikopolidis
A. Papadopoulos
V. Torosidis
P. Antzas Substituted
Leonardo 83'
L. Galletti 38'
I. Stoltidis
Dudu Cearense Substituted 23'
F. Belluschi
S. Leto Substituted 44'
D. Kovacevic

Substitutions

Player Bookings

K. Mitroglou

for Dudu Cearense 46'

P. Djordjevic

for S. Leto 63'

C. Patsatzoglou

for P. Antzas 69'
Player Bookings
A. Beqaj
J. Leiwakabessy
T. Dellas
N. Katsavakis
A. Constantinou
P. Ocokoljic
V. Laban
S. Dobrasinovic 56'
Paulo Costa Substituted
C. Bardon Substituted 16'
L. Sosin Substituted

Substitutions

Player Bookings

Fabinho

for C. Bardon 58'

N. Nicolaou

for Paulo Costa 72'

Constantinou

for L. Sosin 82'

Comments (16)

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BesTalentScout

28 August 2008 04:44

this is another sure sign the world is coming to an end..................

Olympiakos lost 3-0 in 1st leg.........! what the fish..............!

DaJohnner

28 August 2008 05:15

although they wont go far....I like to see underdogs succeed every once in a while.

karoboy

28 August 2008 12:29

Yiasou re koubari.

Giorgio

28 August 2008 12:46

These guys deserve a big round of applause !!!

When some virtually unknown club from a small country like Cyprus reach CL status, it's a definite sign of courage and determination.

Well done Anorthosis !!!!!

SHINON

28 August 2008 13:05

Anorthosis rocked Olympiakos player's boots out :) Just to mention something to our supposed Greek "brothers" there, that nearly killed us if not of the police force and shout us to be Turks, kept us from training and punched once our club president. Just one i can tell them, they got what they diserved, they can keep shoving it up :) I think we showed them up who the "real" Greeks are :)

Cile_car

28 August 2008 16:19

Shinon it's all political. Turkish people don't belong to Cyprus anyway, like Albanians don't belong on Kosovo.

Anyway I don't like to see that Olympiakos is out but Panathinaikos in, I wished for it to be the other way.

Kontak

28 August 2008 16:34

shinon,dont confuse real greeks with pathetic olympiakos hooligans.As a greek I am ashamed at what those morons did.I live in Australia and have a lot of Cypriot friends.Congratulations to Anorthosis and wish them the best of luck.As for you Cile_car Panathinaikos deserves to be in the champions league as they are the only Greek team that has the most impressive record in europe from all Greek teams and most other european teams with the exception of the top european teams.Olympiakos may have won a lot of greek titles in recent years but it just goes to show that you may be able to buy titles in greece but not in europe where their bribery just doesnt cut it.

sefacancan

28 August 2008 19:00

That would be a good trip for away clubs in CL groups, Well done Cyprus outfit

Cile_car

28 August 2008 22:53

Bribery... Kontak you sound like a jelaous Liverpool fan in England talking about their history and claiming Manchester United won the titles by bribing the referees and FA.

Kontak

29 August 2008 05:24

Cile_car you sound like the ignorant fools that believe that the world trade towers were brought down by terrorist living in caves.Wake up,bribery does exist just look at Olympiakos' results in the champions league where they only won their first game last season or the season before.If they were as good as their results in Greece suggest(rubbish they bought the titles)they would have won a lot more CL games.Their CL record is atrocious and if I was an Olympiakos fan I would be ashamed to even admit that I support them.

RGPII1

29 August 2008 05:43

Those Cypriot teams have signed some good players in the past from the continent. Who knows, a Greek team versus Cypriots can be one of those rivalries. Cyprus also drew Germany last qualifying round. Suprises happen.

TheImmortalPhoenix

29 August 2008 10:36

I would just like to add something very important that has been omitted from the article. Anorthosis Famagusta is NOT a Larnaka based club, it is a Famagusta based club, which happens to be in the North of Cyprus which was invaded, and still illegally occupied, by Turkey in 1974. Larnaka is merely the temporary town in which Anorthosis Famagusta play their football until the refugee club can return to their rightful home and pitch, the G.S.O in Famagusta.

Tontodonati

29 August 2008 12:26

It sounds more and more like a political rather than a soccer game!

Cile_car

29 August 2008 18:50

Kontak, I'd rather not comment on that. Because if I look at things like you do, every winning club that doesn't do well in all competitions are a bribing club. Have you ever considered that maybe their focus is on domestic league, rather than CL where they know they don't have a chance against clubs from Spain, England, Italy,... Or maybe you're being blinded too much by your hatred towards them!!!

Cile_car

29 August 2008 18:58

And Kontak when you first attacked me for my statement, maybe you should see that I said it was my WISH that Olympiakos were in and Panathinaikos out and I didn't claim that Olympiakos deserved it more. But considering your hatred towards the club, I'd like to end this argument because it's leading nowhere.

smokew

11 September 2008 21:58

anorthosis is the best team!!!and he will show it at champions legue!!!!ano forever

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