Omonia – AEK 1-1: Union want to work, debuts for Kuita and Strakossa

AEK took the lead through Vida’s header in the 69th minute, but the mighty Omonia equalised in the 79th minute through Simic, in the unofficial debuts of Koita and Strakossa.

The friendly matches in preparation for the new season ended with a draw (1-1). Eek Against Omonia in Cyprus and now turns his attention to the first official match of the season against Inter Club Descaldes From Andorra.

Only Brignole key of transformations

Omonia chose Fabiano, Masoura, Koulibaly, Panagiotou, Hamas, Maric, Charalambous, Erakovic, Semedo, Simic, Kakoli in the starting lineup.

In contrast, AEK Greece played with Brignoli in goal, Rota, Collins, Vida, Hadjisavi in ​​defense, Szymanski, Johnson, Ljubicic in midfield, and Gatcinovic, Eliasson, Garcia in attack.

AEK are superior but Omonia have the better chance in the first half

From the first minutes, AEK showed their temperament, pressing hard on the opponent’s defense and approaching the opponent’s area several times, and Gatcinovic was in very good form.

In the 18th minute, Eliasson had the first chance of the match when he headed inside the penalty area but the ball went wide of Fabiano’s goal, and the score remained 0-0.

Overall, neither team had any chances, but they showed a desire to create play and attack the opposition defence. In fact, the home team’s pressure paid off in the 32nd minute when Hadjisavi made a huge mistake near the penalty area, with Semedo stealing the ball and passing it well to Charalambous in the area, who sent a cross but Simanski cleared it after the ball had passed into Brignoli’s goal.

The Union responded three minutes later with Gacinovic. The international midfielder worked brilliantly with Ljubicic, pressing inside the penalty area but Fabiano beat him to make it 4-4. And so the first half ended for both teams.

Strakosa-Kuyta’s unofficial debut with two goals in 10 minutes as the final ended 1-1

The second half continued in the same vein between the two teams, as AEK improved offensively and searched for the goal, but Omonia was looking for mistakes in the counterattacks.

Eliasson was active for his part as Al Ittihad spent some time in the Cypriot area in the 53rd minute without reaching a final effort. In the 61st minute it was time for him to show some of his abilities when he made an impressive intervention from a direct free kick taken by Camas.

After an hour of play, Matías Almeida made a dozen changes, among them Queita, who made his unofficial debut (in addition to Strakossa who came on as a substitute in the first half) and took a position on the left wing of the attack.

Union’s goal came from a set piece, created by Rota’s superb long-range strike which Fabiano cleared from a corner. Mandalos took the corner and Vida jumped highest to make it 0-1 in the 69th minute.

Omonia found the answer ten minutes later, when Simic got behind the opposition defence, entered the penalty area and fired a brilliant shot past Strakossa, to level the game 1-1 for the Cypriots. This was also the final score of the match, with which AEK completed their friendly matches before the official matches began.

The eleven who completed the match were: Strakossa in goal, Radonia, Metoglou, Kalins and Belius in the back four, Galanopoulos, Mandalu and Pineda in midfield while Cueta and Fernandes were on the wings and Amrabat up front.

Concord: Fabiano, Masoura, Koulibaly, Panagiotou, Hamas, Maric, Charalambous, Erakovic, Semedo, Simic, Kakoli.

EekBrignoli (Strakusa 46), Rota, Collins, Vida, Hadjisavi, Szymanski (Galanopoulos 63), Johnson (Pineda 63), Gatcinovic (62′ Amrabat), Ljubicic (62′ Mandalos), Levia (62′ Cuita). Eliasson (63′ Fernandes).