Endless party for the greens with the goal of the Ukrainian
Seventh minute in added time. Roman Bezus, in cold blood, executes the penalty, (Loizou's spin, Dvali's hand), sends the ball into Belets' nets and as a new Moses sends Omonia to the Promised Land. Karim Ansarifard had begun the transition effort.
Two minutes after the Ukrainian's goal, the players and the crowd – unfortunately there were few due to the very heavy atmosphere that normally existed before the match – celebrate the turning point of the year for Omonia (lost 2-1 in the first match) and drink the nectar of the qualification to the four of the cup.
The duo of Nikolas Panagiotou and Hector Juste are excellent as they stood as impenetrable rocks in the area
A victory (2-0) fair and boyish, against all the forecasts that before the match gave victory and qualification to APOEL. Even the most optimistic Omoniatis did not expect that his team would qualify with all that had gone before (bad performances, defeats, bad psychology, people alienated and furious against management and players).
Yes, Omonia today in GSP won and qualified. It's true, even if we have to write it once and twice and three times and… a thousand times until everyone fully realizes it.
A victory that came with the dedication of the Omonia players. who finally showed the stature of big team players by playing their best tactical game. Of course, they had a fear in them due to the many setbacks that occurred in the matches with APOEL, but in the end the fear was at such a level that it did not act as a brake on their effort. .
They camouflaged with their superhuman effort their weaknesses (their strengths due to the crimes committed in the summer are not what they should be) with the opponent managing to win most balls and battles, but today's Omonia did not panic. Because she was composed, collected, goal-oriented and avoided unnecessary running. And of course the blunders.
The good setup, the short distances between the lines, the efficiency of the actions, are credited to Sofroni Augustis. Besides these, the coach was constantly …inside the match, pushing his players who not only received instructions, but also mental strength from his own attitude.
The opponent kept the ball longer, pressed more, especially in the second half, but Omonia defensively this time avoided easy mistakes. The two teams each had 6 final attempts. The duo of Nikolas Panagiotou and Hector Juste were excellent, standing as impenetrable rocks in the field. Karim Ansarifard is a great ball-scorer (in the 13th minute, a ball came out from Adam Matthews, the Iranian jumped into the heart of the defense, caught a header and scored while he had a foul shot on the crossbar in the 68th minute) “dog” Fouat Bashirou, great performance and tremendous zeal from Loizo Loizou.
Omonoia played as follows: Fabiano was under the posts, with Matthews and Kitso competing on the right and left side of the defense respectively. Youste is in the center of defense with Panagiotou next to him. In the midfield were Bashirou and Kousoulos. On the right end Loizou and on the left Papoulis, . In the attack, Ansarifard behind Besedin in the role of playmaker in the attack. In the 71st minute, Charalambous and Kakoullis entered the field for Bashirou and Ansarifard to leave. In the 79th minute, Zachariou and Bezous entered the game in place of Besedin and Papoulis.
