what a heart breaker last night…..2 – 0 up and it looked like Famagusta were on there way to the knock out stages of the Champions League…but it wasn’t to be…… for now at least but we live to fight another day.
The 1st half finished 0-0 with Bremen having 60% of the possesion but unable to break through the Anorthosis defence. The match was staged at the National Stadium (GSP) in Nicosia as the home ground in Larnaca would have sold out three fold. A win last night would have guaranteed a place in the knock out stage…..Larnaca was very quiet early last evening (although kick off wasn’t until 10pm local time) anticipation was very high…..but the Germans came out at full speed, determined to do better than in the first game….but it wasn’t to be.
Gossip in the pub suggested that if we could survive to half time we would make it. !!!!
What a second half !! 1-0 then suddenly 2-0…..fantastic the blue hools were on a roll….. everyone was out of their seats pinching ourselves as we looked forward to the draw and wondered if it would be Barca, Man U or Chelsea in the next round……..oh how things changed…..Poor defending and exhaustion seemed to be the main culprits as Anorthosis threw their 2-0 lead away as quickly as they gained it…2-2 in a matter of minutes…..4 minutes of added time seemed to go on for ever, but at the final whistle the Germans were mighty releivedthey had clawed their way back into the match and the mighty men form Famagusta fell to the pitched – exhausted. They had chased and hurried all game and briefly it looked like they were through, better defending and they might have been….but still the dream continues……to be concluded next month…..STAY HAPPY….
K
