The draw of the knockout part of the Convention League didn’t reveal an “everlasting” derby, however Omonia and APOEL will… “face off” in one other battle.
With the shamrock having overtaken the blue and yellow this yr within the UEFA standings and likewise with APOEL closing the hole within the League Part, it’s now within the particulars that can determine which of the 2 Nicosia groups will end the season as the highest Cypriot staff within the UEFA five-year rating.
We remind you that, whereas APOEL was above Omonia for plenty of years, firstly of the present season the shamrock overtook it, as on this yr's five-year rating, the 2019/20 season has been eliminated, during which the blue-yellows had 7,000 factors and the greens had zero (they didn’t play in Europe that yr). Thus, APOEL, which closed final season with 14,500 factors, began this season with 7,500, whereas Omonia with 12,000.
Nevertheless, on this yr's European journey, the blue and yellow have thus far collected 9,750 factors, in comparison with the inexperienced's 5,375, lowering the distinction from 4,500 to only 125 factors. That's a distance lined with a draw, which provides one other attention-grabbing facet forward of their knockout stage encounters with Tseli (APOEL) and Paphos (Omonoia) in February.
Past that, additionally it is attention-grabbing that Paphos, with the primary European participation in its historical past, managed to climb to 3rd place among the many Cypriot groups, the place Apollon was till lately. The Paphos staff collected 8,625 factors and narrowly surpassed the Limassolians (8,500), having the chance, within the shamrock matches, to widen their hole. The blue and whites are fourth within the rating, adopted by AEK and Anorthosis.
Aris and AEL additionally had European participations within the 5 years, however their factors are lower than the minimal restrict of Cyprus (5.132), so in case they compete in Europe, they’ll carry this as their rating.
