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Donis gave the “kiss of life”, APOEL went all the way to penalties, but the Latvians were more precise – The champions continue in the Conference

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<p><strong>APOEL did not make it as they were eliminated in the penalty shootout by Riga with 2-4. Although he managed to send the match to overtime with Donis' goal in the last minutes, the Latvians were more accurate in the penalties and qualified for the Europa League.</strong></p>
<p><strong>Part A< /strong></p>
<p>Riga was the team that entered better in the first few minutes and tried to threaten. On the other hand, APOEL was in no way able to find the corridors to threaten.</p>
<p>In the 4th minute the visitors tried to threaten with Diomande testing his foot but Belets collected easily.<br />The several mistakes of the APOEL footballers but also the good suspension function of Riga did not help their team to find a rhythm Nicosia.</p>
<p>The first real chance for the “blue and yellow” came in the 36th minute with Meyer making a nice shot from the height of the area but the ball went just over the posts.</p>
<p >The “loss” for APOEL from Riga happened in the 40th minute with the Latvians opening the scoring after a corner kick and a header by Ikunieks who beat Belets.</p>
<p>So the end of the first half found the Riga leading APOEL 0-1.</p>
<p><strong>Second Part</strong></p>
<p>Domínguez's players did somewhat better in the second half and tried to threaten. In the 50th minute, the Nicosia team threatened with Markinios catching the header undisturbed but sending the ball past Ontoa's post.</p>
<p>In the 57th minute, APOEL missed a great double chance. El Arabi's header after a foul by Dogala, Donis made the parallel turn and El Arabi sent the ball out with a second attempt.</p>
<p>Susic finally provided the solution to the goal for the “blue and yellow” in the 74th minute after Edogala's cross he caught a nice header and equalized.</p>
<p>The entry of Donis, Susic and Drazic changed the image of APOEL, which became more aggressive. In the 82nd minute, Dražić laid the ball down to El Arabi who took the shot but Odoa got down well and saved.</p>
<p>A minute later the Moroccan again tried to score but his shot inside the area went wide. .</p>
<p>In the last minutes, APOEL looked for the goal that would send the match to extra time, but the Riga players had very good positions.</p>
<p>Nevertheless, in the last phase of the match, the “blue and yellow” reached the goal after Susic's cross and Donis' strong header, which defeated Ontoa and sent his team to extra time.</p>
<p>APOEL has a different mentality. it was the team that tried to threaten from the first minutes of extra time. In the third minute of the half-hour extra time, Edogala got a header but Ontoa made a difficult save.</p>
<p>Three minutes later, Donis sent a cross to El Arabi who caught a close header but Ontoa made a terrific save.</p >
<p>Fatigue was evident from both teams with one mistake after another.</p>
<p>Susic tried to threaten in the 118th minute of the match but his powerful shot was completely off target.</p>
<p ><strong>Penalty</strong><br />The match went to the penalty shootout with Riga being more accurate and finally getting the qualification with a score of 2-4. Fatal for APOEL were Sarfo who found the crossbar and Dvali who was beaten by Ontoa and led his team to the Europa League. </p>
<p><strong>THE IDENTITY OF THE MATCH</strong><strong><br /></strong></p>
<p><strong>APOEL:</strong> Belets, Petrovic (105′ Cipriano), Dvali, Mayer (65′ Drazic), Tehera (80' Kostandinov), El Arabi, Markinios (53' Donis), Cepak (53' Susic), Kitiya, Sarfo, Dogala (111' Corbou).</p>
<p>On the bench: Christodoulou, Michos, Cipriano, Susic, Donis, Satsias, Drazic, Kattirtzis, Korbou, Laifis, Polykarpou, Kostandinov.</p>
<p><strong>Riga:</strong>Ontoa, Prega, Balonic, Lipucek, Savalnieks, Markieff, Panic, Odisaria (108′ Stuglis), Ikunieks, Diomande (20′ Dickey) (67′ Emerson) (109′ Silakadze), Quandio (67′ Oswagou) (90+2′ Kigurs)</p>
<p>On the bench : Stenbors, Wilkovs, Osuago, Emerson, Dickey, Stuglis, Nie, Kigurs, Silakatze</p>
<p>Scorers: 74' Susic, 90+5' Donis/40' Ikaunieks</p>
<p>Yellows: Tsepak , Belets, Donis/Markieff, Ikaunieks, Prega, Odisaria, Quantio</p>
<p>Dismissals: -/-</p>
<p>Referee: Matej Jug(Slovenia)</p>
<p>VAR: Allen Borosak</p>
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<div class=Source: www.kathimerini.com.cy

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