Second win in a row for the Katokopia team, who “caught” the Union in 11th place
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A valuable “double” for Doxa who won 2-1 against Akritas in “Stelios Kyriakidis”. Kostas Sakka's team took advantage of the opportunities they created in the first half and left Paphos with the victory. The goals of the match were scored by Trugic 16', Torres 20' and Karagiannis (self) 30'.
First half
With the game started at a fast pace in Paphos with both teams going forward with the aim of scoring the first goal.
The first good phase of the match was for the home side in the 5th minute, with Gavriel making the cross. shot from the left and Siskowski to block like like.
Three minutes later, the team of Chlorakas “coupled” their opportunities with Lopes finding Torres at the penalty spot who, without much pressure, sent the ball past the right vertical post of the opponent's goal.
< p>Against the flow of the match, Doxa opened the scoring with Trugic in the 16th minute! Benny crossed from the left with the refugee midfielder heading it into the heart of the Akrita area to make it 1-0.
But Akritas reacted and four minutes later equalized with Torres! Gabriel curled in a cross from the left with the Spanish forward slotting past Siskowski from the penalty spot.
Kosta Sakka's side then pressed and took the lead again with an own goal by Karajannis in the 30th. '. The Cypriot defender, in his attempt to clear the ball after a cross, sent the ball into the net of his own team!
So the visitors went to the locker room with the lead in their hands.
Second half
With the aim of equalizing the match, the replay was started by Akritas who took control of the ball.
But the first good phase in the 2nd half belonged to Doxa, with Sadik in the 52nd minute getting Benny in a face with Perdreu and the midfielder of the refugee team missing at close range.
The hosts two minutes later “touched” the equalizer with Torres! The newly arrived Demosthenus made the parallel cross from the right with the forward Akrita making the shot from the penalty spot in the first half and Siskowski collecting with the second attempt.
The game continued with his team Costa Sakka to close well in her own half and Akrita to not be able to significantly threaten Siskovsky's goal.
In the delays of the match, the Paphian team lost a good opportunity to equalize the match with the direct execution of a foul by Araujo, which, however, was punched away by the goalkeeper of the guests.
Thus, Doxa managed to leave with ” double” from Paphos and took an important step in its attempt to remain in the top division.
THE IDENTITY OF THE MATCH
Akritas (Laktionov ): Perdreou, Karagiannis, Saravania (46' Drame), Mendimorets, Sehic, Eraso (72' Araujo), Abraham, Gabriel, Zuninho (55' Demosthenous), Lopes (84' Abdusalamov), Torres. p>
Glory (Sakkas): Siskowski, Benny (54' Ilic), Kerla, Sadik, Asamoah (82' Adenon), Kovacevic, Karamanolis, Stylianou, Traichevski, Asante (82' Tigiani ), Trugic (73' Herrera).
Scorer: 20' Torres/16' Trugic, 30' Karagiannis (self)
Yellows: 67' Mendimorec, 80' Sehic/33' T Rugic, 80' Herrera
Reds: -/-
Referee: Hatzigeorgiou Panagiotis
< strong>VAR: Antonio Menelaos
