APOEL Nicosia, who shares group F with Barcelona and PSG
in the Champions League, receive on Tuesday the Dutch team Ajax in an attempt
to surprise as it did in 2012, when he reached the quarter-finals of this
competition.
The meeting, to be played at the GSP stadium in Nicosia,
represents a good opportunity to show that a modest club, with only eight
million euro budget, can compete successfully in Europe for the Cypriot team.
The only goal against APOEL became Barcelona, last
September 17, encouraged the set of Giorgos Donis is able to conclude the match
against Ajax with a win.
It is expected that Cypriots 18,000 fans come to GSP, a
stadium built in 1999, with capacity for 22,859 spectators, while by the Ajax
will have about 300 followers.After the experience of the Camp Nou, Donis
likely present the same XI that took him to 1-0 against Barcelona.
This game is the first between the two clubs since the
2001-2002 season Ajax visitase Cyprus Apollon to play against the UEFA Cup, a
match that ended 0-3.Ajax travel to Cyprus hoping to end a run of seven defeats
away from home in the competition of the Champions League. The Amsterdam giants
have not won anything in seven away games in European competition, but will be
eager to pick up a win in Cyprus.
The team of Frank de Boer becomes one of a tie in their
first match in the competition against Paris Saint-Germain in the Amsterdam
Arena, but his fitness is concerned. The four-time winners do not relish a
victory away from home since beating Dinamo Zagreb in December 2011.
Still, the Dutch champions travel to Cyprus in high
spirits after the win against NAC Breda (5-2) on Saturday in the Dutch league
and triplet marked by Kolbeinn Sigthorsson.
This meeting will be the first for both teams, but Ajax
has happy memories against Cypriot teams since their last visit to the country
ended with a 3-0 victory over Apollon Limassol in the UEFA Cup 2001-2002.
Danish midfielder Lasse Schone victory over NAC Breda was
lost by a groin injury, so it is not sure that you can face the Cypriots.De
Boer will be without Viktor Fischer who has been out of action since February
with a thigh injury.
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