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Cyprus News Agency: News in English, 11-11-23
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[01] APOEL secures historic Champions League last 16 place
[01] APOEL secures historic Champions League last 16 place
Cypriot Football club APOEL Nicosia achieved a goalless draw with Zenit
Saint Petersburg which secured a spot in the Champions League`s last
16.
Participating in Europe`s premier club competition for the second time,
having emerged from the second qualifying round, the Cypriot champions
have earned a spot in the Champions League knockout stage, for the
first time in Cyprus` football history.
``I am the happiest man in the world right now. We have achieved
something which three months ago we had no right to even dream of. This
is the crowning moment for all the effort we put in,`` said APOEL`s
coach Ivan Jovanovic.
After the draw in Saint Petersburg, APOEL remains on top of Group G
with nine points and qualifies to the Champions League knockout stage,
regardless of the result of the next tie with Shakhtar in the last day
of the group stage.
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