APOEL come from behind to end eight-match wait

APOEL 2-1 Asteras
The Cypriot champions overcame a rare Braian Lluy goal and floodlight failure to end a long wait for a home win and earn their first points in Group K.

• APOEL claim first home victory in eight European fixtures
• Match suspended during first half because of floodlight failure
• Asteras right-back Braian Lluy on target for first time in 74 outings
• Fernando Cavenaghi has scored 11 in nine games since joining APOEL from River Plate
• Teams meet again at Theodoros Kolokotronis Stadium on 5 November

MATCH STATISTICS

APOEL

Asteras

	2 Goals scored 1
	59 Possession (%) 41
	14 Total attempts 7
	8 on target 1
	3 off target 3
	3 blocked 3
	1 against woodwork 0
	10 Corners 3
	3 Offsides 1
	3 Yellow cards 1
	0 Red Cards 0
	16 Fouls committed 16
	13 Fouls suffered 14
	480 Passes 266
	410 completed 205

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LINEUPS

	APOEL		Asteras
99	Waterman (GK) 90+5	21	Theodoropoulos (GK)
3	João Guilherme	6	Allocco
4	Artymatas	7	Mazza 88
5	Carlão 59	8	Dimoutsos 62
7	Efrem	15	Sankaré (C)
15	Antoniades	18	Giannoulis
16	Vinicius	23	Bertoglio
17	Štilić 38 87	25	Kourbelis 4 74
26	Nuno Morais (C)	27	Lluy 8
77	Vander 79	62	Iglesias
79	Cavenaghi 45+9 45+11 63	99	Giannou
Substitutes
1	Codina (GK)	1	Košický (GK)
88	Kissas (GK)	10	Lanzarote 74
10	Charalambides 79	11	Fernández 62
23	Iñaki Astiz 87	12	Shkurtaj 88
27	Piątkowski 63	19	Tsokanis
44	N. Ioannou	54	Hamdani
46	Aloneftis	86	Ederson
Coaches
Temuri Ketsbaia (CYP)		Staikos Vergetis (GRE)
Referee
Aleksei Eskov (RUS)

STANDINGS

Group K

	P	Pts
Schalke	3	7
Sparta Praha	3	5
APOEL	3	3
Asteras	3	1