The data for tomorrow's (07/08, 17:30) last friendly in Slovakia… and the rest
Tomorrow (07/08, 17:30) Apollon completes its preparation in Slovakia, which will face Zilina, in a game that will be broadcast by Cytavision. This is a relatively familiar team for the “blue-whites”, but much more so for the team's coach, Adrian Gula.
We remind you that in the summer of 2021, the then group of Alexander Zorniger faced the Slovaks in their second qualifier Conference League, knowing elimination with a 5-3 aggregate score. Three summers later, Hampos, Kol, Malekkidis, Spoliaritz and Dimitriou remain.
However, it is understood that the experienced technician knows it much better, who essentially made the name it has today there. He worked in the Žilina team from 2013 to 2018, winning a championship (in the 2016-2017 season/their last to date) and standing out for his ability to develop young players, but also to play attacking football.
For the record, the team from Zilina last year took fourth place in the domestic championship, without managing to secure a European ticket. Also, although the new season in her country is underway (she played one match)… her match against Ruzoberok for the second matchday was postponed due to the participation of the latter in the UEFA cups (the friendly with Limassol team).
As for Apollo now, we remind you that the previous match was lost by Marques, Bolli, Leuwenberg, Bougard, Dion and Adonis. The last two facts need more time (clearly more the Cypriot stopper) and it remains to be seen which of the others will be available. , but at this stage it is worth keeping in mind that the playing style of the “blue and white” has already changed. As we saw against Al Gharafa (which was televised), the players have a clear order to press high and in general it seems that a fairly aggressive team is being made.
On August 8, the team is expected to return to our island, where a friendly will be arranged which will be like a dress rehearsal. More generally, with the descent of the team to Cyprus, the final assembly will take place, at the same time that the transfer planning is underway…
