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LARNACA - Around 300 fans are expected to travel with APOEL as the team gears up for its historic clash against Copenhagen in the play-off round of the Champions League.

The supporters, which are being forced to cough up around €730 each for just a 32 hour stay in the Danish capital, will not be wanting to miss the chance to support their team which will miss the suspended Joorst Broerse and Savvas Poursaitides.

Around 150 fans will travel with the team with a direct flight to the Danish capital while other fans are expected to make their own way to Denmark.
The flight is set to leave at around Monday midday and arrive at around 8pm (CET) in Denmark.

According to APOEL officials, Greek and Cypriot nationals living in Denmark are expected to arrive at the stadium to swell up the number of the travelling fans.

APOEL began their Champions League campaign with a 5-0 aggregate win over Streymur of the Faroe Islands before inflicting an elimination of Serbian champions Partizan Belgrade.

The Danish media welcomed the draw after it was announced that Copenhagen would face APOEL while officials of the Danish club have been more tentative in their comments about the Cypriot champions.
Last season, Anorthosis Famagusta made history by becoming the first club from the island to qualify for the group stages of the Champions League.

This year however has been a disappointing one so far for Cypriot football with Omonia, Anorthosis and APOP all exiting Europe early on and the national team suffering a 6-1 defeat to Albania in a recent friendly.

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We'll get 'em next time.



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Copenhagen 1-0 APOEL: Danish Delight In Close-Fought Cypriot Clash
The visitors were reduced to ten men in injury time, by which time the damage was done.
Aug 18, 2009 2:46:04 PM

Copenhagen will take a slender lead to Nicosia next week for their second-leg after a Zdenek Pospech goal gave them a 1-0 victory over Cypriot champions APOEL in the Parken Stadium in Copenhagen.

It could have, and probably should have been more for the Danish champions but the visitors

APOEL coach Ivan Jovanovic opted to crowd the Danes in midfield with Nuno Morais and Marinos Satsias supporting the back four in a 4-2-3-1 formation with Serbian striker Nenad Mirosavljevic playing as an isolated front man.

Copenhagen found it difficult to penetrate the well-organized Cypriat defense and the home side were forced to shoot from distance with long range efforts from Jesper Gronkjaer and Sweden international Oscar Wendt failing to test Chiotis in the APOEL goal.

Despite the home sides dominance it was APOEL who first put a 'keeper to the test when Kosowski's long range effort was saved by Jesper Christiansen just before the break.

Ten minutes into the second half the Danes found the breakthrough with Czech full-back Pospech scoring from close range to give Copenhagen a deserved lead.

The home side grew in confidence after taking the lead with Wendt and Brazilian striker Almeida testing Chiotis shortly after the hour mark.

Despite their dominance they could not add a second and APOEL could have had a crucial away goal in the dying minutes when Nuno Morais went close from just inside the 18-yard box.

Albanian defender Altin Haxhi saw red for the visitors in stoppage time after a second bookable offense.

Stale Solbakken will be content with a victory and a clean sheet. His side are now within touching distance of reaching the Champions Laeague group stages for just the second time in the clubs history.

[DT.]

1-0 is a good score for a first leg. I'd like to see what the Danes do when faced with 20,000 orange madmen screaming at them and 40 degrees temperatures.

[Sotos]

What channel will show the game in Nicosia tomorrow?

[Get Real!]

What channel will show the game in Nicosia tomorrow?

Sigma, but I'm not sure what time.

[Paphitis]

What channel will show the game in Nicosia tomorrow?

Sigma, but I'm not sure what time.

Are there any feeds or internet streaming sites that we can access?

[Simon]

COME ON APOEL!!!!!

1-0 CAN BE OVERTURNED!

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Sigma showing @ 21.25, Good Luck Apoel.

[Get Real!]

What channel will show the game in Nicosia tomorrow?

Sigma, but I'm not sure what time.

Are there any feeds or internet streaming sites that we can access?

I suspect that this service/site may require a credit card payment because LTV is a company that sells cable TV services here in Cyprus so they do know how to make a buck!

http://www.ltvliveweb.com/