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Apoel Nicosia lost to NK Celje

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NK Celje 2 – 0 Apoel Nicosia
FT · Thu, Feb 20
NK Celje advance 4-2 on aggregate

Match Details

GSP Stadium (Nicosia) · 9,108 fans View tournament bracket →

Commentary

  • ·Match ends, APOEL Nicosia 0, Celje 2.
  • 90'+6'Second Half ends, APOEL Nicosia 0, Celje 2.
  • 90'+6'Attempt missed. Marco Dulca (Celje) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses the top right corner. Assisted by Mario Kvesic.
  • 90'+5'Juanjo Nieto (Celje) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 90'+5'Foul by Giannis Satsias (APOEL Nicosia).
  • 90'+4'Attempt missed. Klemen Nemanic (Celje) left footed shot from outside the box is too high following a corner.
  • 90'+3'Corner, Celje. Conceded by Vid Belec.
  • 90'+3'Attempt saved. Mario Kvesic (Celje) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Marco Dulca.
  • 90'+1'Fourth official has announced 5 minutes of added time.
  • 90'Mario Kvesic (Celje) is shown the yellow card.
  • 90'Sergio Tejera (APOEL Nicosia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 90'Foul by Marco Dulca (Celje).

Line Score

12T
NKC 11 2
APO 00 0

Match Leaders

NK Celje
Apoel Nicosia

Key Events

90'Mario Kvesic (Celje) is shown the yellow card.
89'Mateo Susic (APOEL Nicosia) is shown the yellow card.
88'Substitution, Celje. Mario Kvesic replaces Logan Delaurier-Chaubet.
86'Substitution, APOEL Nicosia. Max Meyer replaces Iván Alejo.
85'Svit Seslar (Celje) is shown the yellow card.
80'Substitution, Celje. Marco Dulca replaces Mark Zabukovnik.
73'Substitution, Celje. Edmilson replaces Armandas Kucys.
55'Substitution, APOEL Nicosia. Iván Alejo replaces Kingsley Sarfo.
51'Goal! APOEL Nicosia 0, Celje 2. Tamar Svetlin (Celje) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Svit Seslar following a fast break.
45'+4'Stefan Drazic (APOEL Nicosia) is shown the yellow card.
45'+4'Goal! APOEL Nicosia 0, Celje 1. Armandas Kucys (Celje) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Svit Seslar with a cross following a corner.
31'Substitution, APOEL Nicosia. Panagiotis Kattirtzis replaces David Abagna because of an injury.
19'Mark Zabukovnik (Celje) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
17'Sergio Tejera (APOEL Nicosia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
7'Konstantinos Laifis (APOEL Nicosia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

Team Stats

NK CeljeApoel Nicosia
General
49.2 Possession % 50.8
18 Shots 9
8 On Target 4
2 Offsides 3
7 Corners 4
16 Fouls 17
Passing & Defense
295 Passes Completed 303
5 Crosses Won 4
6 Tackles Won 11
12 Interceptions 12
31 Clearances 27
Discipline
3 Yellow Cards 4
0 Red Cards 0
4 Saves 5

Recent Form

Apoel Nicosia W W W D D
NK Celje L D L W D

Starting Lineups

NK Celje4-1-4-1
41 Silva
2 Juanjo 44 Bejger 81 Nemanic 23 Karnicnik
19 Zabukovnik
7 Matko 11 Seslar A2 35 Delaurier-Chaubet 88 Svetlin 51'
47 Kucys 45'+4'
20 Drazic 9 El Arabi
18 Satsias 8 Tejera 44 Sarfo 17 Abagna
19 Quintillá 34 Laifis 16 Susic 28 Galanopoulos
27 Belec
Apoel Nicosia4-4-2
Full lineups and substitutes

Apoel Nicosia

  1. VB #27 Vid BelecG
  2. KL #34 Konstantinos LaifisCD-L
  3. MS #16 Mateo SusicCD-R
  4. XQ #19 Xavier QuintilláLB
  5. KG #28 Konstantinos GalanopoulosRB
  6. ST #8 Sergio TejeraCM-L
  7. KS #44 Kingsley SarfoCM-R
  8. GS #18 Giannis SatsiasLM
  9. DA #17 David AbagnaRM
  10. SD #20 Stefan DrazicCF-L
  11. YE #9 Youssef El ArabiCF-R
Substitutes · 3 used

NK Celje

  1. RS #41 Ricardo SilvaG
  2. KN #81 Klemen NemanicCD-L
  3. LB #44 Lukasz BejgerCD-R
  4. MZ #19 Mark ZabukovnikDM
  5. ZK #23 Zan KarnicnikLB
  6. J #2 JuanjoRB
  7. LD #35 Logan Delaurier-ChaubetCM-L
  8. SS #11 Svit SeslarCM-R
  9. TS #88 Tamar SvetlinLM51'
  10. AM #7 Aljosa MatkoRM
  11. AK #47 Armandas KucysF45'+4'
Substitutes · 3 used

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News

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· The Guardian
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· The Guardian
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· The Guardian
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· The Guardian
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Harry Kane’s slick hat-trick smooths Tottenham’s path past Apoel Nicosia
· The Guardian
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