The draw brought them so that Greek-Cypriot teams were killed from Europe already and we are going to a big battle in the Champions League as well. In the first "battle" this year between a Cypriot and Greek team, the "groomsmen" won with the qualification of Apollo against OFI. And in fact a comfortable qualification without forcing the far more experienced Cypriots. Because OFI returned to Europe after two decades and Apollon plays every season. And he has gathered experience, scales of experience.
And where it happened also difference, it was the stadium and the conditions. Those who have been to "Genti Koule" know. It is not a playground. Real tomb of lions. With 7-8 thousand people it becomes a mini volcano and the opponent is forced. With an empty stadium, it's different. And the Cretans paid for it. Now we go to the second family battle, in the games of Omonia with Olympiakos. Of course, the task is much more difficult for both teams. The stress is collected, but here the experience and the lack of stress help Olympiakos, although it is the heaviest name. He plays uninterruptedly in Europe and the Champions League, he has other ways of managing such matches. And the majority of his players are foreigners, they do not feel the pressure of the Greeks who know the mentality of the Greek fan. and all this helps.
Like Omonia, of course, she can fill her quiver with mental reserves, this is her own extra weapon. the soul. because in material it lags behind the red and whites. As much as, indeed, the gap has been closed to a minimum. I mean the gap of Greek-Cypriot teams. And that makes a fuss. For the time being, Cyprus maintains all 4 of its teams in Europe with Anorthosis entering the battle from the third qualifying round of the Europa League! at the same time, that is, that Greece has started with 5 teams, but both have already been eliminated. Apart from OFI, that is, Aris was also excluded.
From a purely statistical point of view, OFI's match with Apollon was the 34th episode in the battles between Cypriot and Greek teams in the European Cups. In total, in the matches so far, the Greek teams count 16 victories, the Cypriot 11, while 7 games have been completed without a winner. In the knockout matches, the Greek teams count a total of 9 qualifiers and the Cypriot teams 6. The difference, that is, is not at all big, as one would mistakenly think. And why is this happening? Take a look at the last 15 years. During this time, Cyprus took the air of Greece! A point of reference in 2008 when Anorthosis eliminated Olympiakos in the Champions League qualifiers and Omonia knocked out AEK in the UEFA Cup qualifiers, as the Europa League was still called until then. And we said, this year Apollon eliminated OFI in the Europa qualifiers with Greece counting only Aris' qualification against AEL last year! Cyprus has 3 qualifiers against one of Greece in the last 15 years.
So what 15 years ago and changed the course of football things. And now one football is rising, the other is falling and are the battles of Greece and Cyprus on the ball more and more ambiguous? Greece won the Euro !!! Amazing;…
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