apoel advance in ireland published: thursday 28 august 2003, 23.00cet derry city 0-3 apoel fc (agg: 1-4) apoel advance to first round after emphatic away win.
apoel fc progressed to the first round of the uefa cup with a convincing away win over derry city fc at the brandywell that secured a 5-1 aggregate success.
malekkos the master derry went into the home leg well-placed after scoring an away goal in a 2-1 defeat in cyprus but, with kostakis malekkos starring with his dangerous free-kicks and crosses, apoel produced a much-improved display. he opened the scoring in the 36th minute with a clever free-kick from the edge of the penalty area after derry captain eamon doherty had been penalised.
martyn denied derry threw everything forward in the quest for an equaliser and ciaran martyn was twice denied by apoel goalkeeper michael morphis in the space of a minute.
late flourish but apoel extended their lead after 80 minutes when costas charalambides burst straight through the derry defence to shoot past alan gough. and gough was forced to pick the ball out of his net again two minutes from time when george papandreon converted from close range.
yardımcı hakemler: tomislav petrović (cro), Željko grgec (cro)
4. hakem: edi sunjić (cro)
derry: alan gough (gk), edward mccallion, sean hargan, peter hutton, patrick mclaughlin, eamon doherty (c), billy deery, ciaran martyn (dk. 83 gareth mcglynn), gary beckett, liam coyle, michael holt (dk. 83 sean friars)
yedekler: gary ramsey (gk), kevin deery, padraig moran, robert hedderman
teknik direktör: dermot keely (irl)
apoel: michalis morfis (gk), giorgios amanatidis, stelios okkarides, kostakis malekos (c), tomáš votava (dk. 60 goran petkovski), marinos satsias, demetris daskalakis, marios ilia (dk. 77 petros petrou), constantinos charalambides, chrysostomos michail, wojciech kowalczyk (dk. 43 george papandreou)
yedekler: michael shimitras (gk), christos germanos, nektarios alexandrou, george vakouftsis
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