APOEL Nicosia Lyon Odds : Champions League upset on card in Cyprus
Lyon made hard work of beating Champions’ League minnows, APOEL Nicosia at the Stade Gerland in their first leg tie three weeks ago, and the Cypriot side could well spring a shock at home at decent odds of 2/1 with Betfred. (see below)
Alexandre Lacazette scored the only goal of the game to give the French side the slightest of advantages going into Wednesday’s game.
It means they now travel to Cyprus with only the most precarious of leads to protect, and APOEL looking to continue their incredible Champions’ League adventure.
No one expected them to make it this far, but they defied all odds by becoming the first Cypriot side to make it to the knock out stages of the competition.
It would be just the sort of romantic story that only comes along with cup football, if they were to overturn their first leg deficit and progress to the next stage of the competition.
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It is going to be a tough task, however, with Lyon keen to bounce back from their weekend defeat to AS Nancy in the league.
That is stark contrast to APOEL who are not used to losing games at their 22,000 capacity GSP Stadium, and having won 4-1 away to Ermis Aradippou at the weekend.
APOEL will be boosted by the return to fitness of the Brazilian Marcelo Oliveira and the Paraguayan Aldo Adorno who both missed the first leg.
Macedonian international Ivan Tričkovski missed his country’s 2-1 defeat to Luxembourg last week and was also unavailable for the Ermis game at the weekend, he remains a doubt.
Lyon could be without France international Yoann Gourcuff who has not featured for the club since the first leg of this tie due to an abductor problem.
Rémy Vercoutre is available after recovering from ruptured tendons in his right foot suffered back in October, while Dejan Lovren and John Mensah may both still be unavailable for the game.
This really is a fascinating tie. Lyon have the advantage, but APOEL will fancy their chances of turning things around in front of their home fans.
