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It was good night for Cyprus’ representatives in the Europa League on Thursday with APOEL and Anorthosis muscling out wins while Omonia secured a worthy 0-0 draw away to Red Star Belgrade.
The results capped off a good week for Cypriot football following AEL 1-0 victory over Partizan in the first leg of their Champions League qualifier although there is still very much to play for when the second legs return tonight Thursday.

Omonia are patting each other on the back as they left Belgrade with a creditable 0-0 draw against Serbian hosts Red Star.
Neophytos Larkou’s new-look side kept their composure against a Red Star team – a mere shadow of the once great Belgrade club of the early nineties – but will need to win their game in Nicosia next week regardless.
The Serbian side – who were eliminated at the same stage of the competition back in 2008 by APOEL – finished the game with ten men after Marko Vesovic was shown a second yellow card in stoppage time.
Ivan Jovanovic’s APOEL were made to sweat at home to Norwegian side Aalesunds and their task wasn’t made easy with three strikers missing in action.
Ailton pulled out of training with an injury on Wednesday while Esteban Solari was already out nursing a back injury. Youngster Marcos Charalambous – who made his debut in the second half against Senica – was also absent on national service duty.
That left Paraguayan midfield-attacker Aldo Adorno, who had not started in seven months, as the only viable option up front while new signings Stathis Aloneftis and Mario Budimir remained on the pitch due to match-fitness.
Things went from bad to worse when Kjetil Rekdal’s side scored first with their first attack of the game. Helio Pinto was dispossessed in midfield on 16 minutes and the visitors quickly broke with Fredrik Ulvestad feeding Tremaine Stewart and the Jamaican winger lashed a precise strike past Dionysis Chiotis from outside the area.
APOEL, who dominated possession and chances throughout the contest despite lacking the firepower upfront, were soon on level terms courtesy of Mario Sergio’s clever freekick soon after.


A similar pattern evolved after the break with the Norwegians putting eight men behind the ball but their resolve finally broke ten minutes from time when Selim Benachour found substitute Aloneftis and the Cypriot international made up for an earlier miss from a similar position to calmly place his shot beyond keeper Sten Grytebust. Both Mario Sergio and Aloneftis registered their first goals for the club.
In Georgia, Anorthosis had to withstand a barrage of vicious tackling but still walked away with a win against hosts Dila Gori.
Dila – who went a man down on 57 minutes following a red card for Gogita Gogua – had their hopes dashed on 69 minutes after veteran striker Yiannis Okkas was on hand to header Juliano Spadacio’s corner.

 

 


All Europa League Results

Anzhi FC Anzhi Makhachkala 2-0 Vitesse Vitesse
Referee: Ruddy Buquet (FRA) – Stadium: Saturn, Ramenskoye (RUS)
08/03/2012 02:06:56
KuPS KuPS Kuopio 1-0 Bursaspor Bursaspor
Referee: Sébastien Delferiere (BEL) – Stadium: Kuopion Keskuskenttä, Kuopio (FIN)
08/03/2012 02:08:00
Arsenal Kyiv FC Arsenal Kyiv 3-0 ND Mura 05 Mura
Referee: Antti Munukka (FIN) – Stadium: Stadion Dinamo im. Valeriy Lobanovskyi, Kyiv (UKR)
08/03/2012 08:24:08
Dila FC Dila Gori 0-1 Anorthosis Famagusta FC Anorthosis
Referee: Ken Henry Johnsen (NOR) – Stadium: Mikheil Meskhi, Tbilisi (GEO)
08/03/2012 02:07:28
Bnei Yehuda Bnei Yehuda Tel-Aviv FC 0-2 PAOK FC PAOK
Referee: Pavle Radovanović (MNE) – Stadium: Ramat-Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan (ISR)
08/03/2012 09:14:05
Ruch Ruch Chorzów 0-2 FC Viktoria Plzeň Plzeň
Referee: Antonio Damato (ITA) – Stadium: Ruch, Chorzow (POL)
08/03/2012 02:06:45
APOEL APOEL FC 2-1 Aalesunds FK Aalesund
Referee: Emir Alecković (BIH) – Stadium: GSP Stadium, Nicosia (CYP)
08/03/2012 09:08:11
Tromsø Tromsø IL 1-1 FC Metalurh Donetsk Metalurh Donetsk
Referee: Steven McLean (SCO) – Stadium: Alfheim, Tromso (NOR)
08/03/2012 09:14:04
Kalmar Kalmar FF 1-0 BSC Young Boys Young Boys
Referee: Fernando Teixeira Vitienes (ESP) – Stadium: Guldfageln Arena, Kalmar (SWE)
08/03/2012 09:06:11
AIK AIK Solna 3-0 KKS Lech Poznań Lech
Referee: Marco Fritz (GER) – Stadium: Råsundastadion, Solna (SWE)
08/03/2012 02:06:25
Ried SV Ried 2-1 Legia Warszawa Legia
Referee: Ante Vučemilović-Šimunović Jr. (CRO) – Stadium: Keine Sorgen Arena, Ried-innkreis (AUT)
08/03/2012 02:07:50
Heerenveen sc Heerenveen 4-0 FC Rapid Bucureşti Rapid Bucureşti
Referee: Manuel De Sousa (POR) – Stadium: Abe Lenstra, Heerenveen (NED)
08/03/2012 09:08:11
Twente FC Twente 2-0 FK Mladá Boleslav Mladá Boleslav
Referee: Kristo Tohver (EST) – Stadium: FC Twente Stadion, Enschede (NED)
08/03/2012 02:06:35
Steaua FC Steaua Bucureşti 0-1 FC Spartak Trnava Spartak Trnava
Referee: Kevin Blom (NED) – Stadium: National Arena, Bucharest (ROU)
08/03/2012 09:06:12
Servette Servette FC 1-1 Rosenborg BK Rosenborg
Referee: Simon Lee Evans (WAL) – Stadium: Stade de Genève, Geneva (SUI)
08/03/2012 02:06:46
Asteras Asteras Tripolis FC 1-1 CS Marítimo Marítimo
Referee: Vlado Glodjović (SRB) – Stadium: Asteras Tripolis, Tripoli Arkadia (GRE)
08/03/2012 02:07:37
Gomel FC Gomel 0-1 Liverpool FC Liverpool
Referee: Ivan Kružliak (SVK) – Stadium: Tsentralny, Gomel (BLR)
08/03/2012 02:06:34
Genk KRC Genk 2-1 FC Aktobe Aktobe
Referee: Tony Asumaa (FIN) – Stadium: KRC Genk Arena, Genk (BEL)
08/03/2012 09:14:04
Horsens AC Horsens 1-1 IF Elfsborg Elfsborg
Referee: Mark Courtney (NIR) – Stadium: Horsens Idrætspark, Horsens (DEN)
08/03/2012 02:07:08
Crvena zvezda FK Crvena zvezda 0-0 AC Omonia Omonia
Referee: Rene Eisner (AUT) – Stadium: Stadion FK Crvena zvezda, Belgrade (SRB)
08/03/2012 02:07:07
Videoton Videoton FC 1-0 KAA Gent Gent
Referee: Paolo Silvio Mazzoleni (ITA) – Stadium: Sóstói, Szekesfehervar (HUN)
08/03/2012 02:07:30
Dundee United Dundee United FC 2-2 FC Dinamo Moskva Dinamo Moskva
Referee: Marius Avram (ROU) – Stadium: Tannadice Park, Dundee (SCO)
08/03/2012 02:07:59
Eskişehirspor Eskişehirspor 1-1 Olympique de Marseille Marseille
Referee: Pawel Gil (POL) – Stadium: Atatürk, Eskisehir (TUR)
08/03/2012 02:07:20
St Patrick’s Saint Patrick's Athletic FC 0-3 Hannover 96 Hannover
Referee: Tamás Bognar (HUN) – Stadium: Tallaght Stadium, Dublin (IRL)
08/03/2012 09:06:13
Hajduk Split HNK Hajduk Split 0-3 FC Internazionale Milano Internazionale
Referee: Hüseyin Göçek (TUR) – Stadium: Hajduk, Split (CRO)
08/03/2012 10:08:20
Vojvodina FK Vojvodina 2-1 SK Rapid Wien Rapid Wien
Referee: Artyom Kuchin (KAZ) – Stadium: Karadjordje, Novi Sad (SRB)
08/03/2012 02:06:25
Athletic Athletic Club 3-1 NK Slaven Koprivnica Slaven Koprivnica
Referee: Serhiy Boiko (UKR) – Stadium: San Mamés, Bilbao (ESP)
08/03/2012 09:06:14
Sarajevo FK Sarajevo 2-1 FK Zeta Zeta
Referee: Anastassios Kakos (GRE) – Stadium: Asim Ferhatović Hase Stadion, Sarajevo (BIH)
08/03/2012 09:06:07
Admira FC Admira Wacker Mödling 0-2 AC Sparta Praha Sparta Praha
Referee: Martin Hansson (SWE) – Stadium: Bundesstadion Südstadt, Maria Enzersdorf (AUT

 

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