{"id":99386,"date":"2025-04-30T21:05:25","date_gmt":"2025-04-30T18:05:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.apollon.com.cy\/?p=99386"},"modified":"2025-04-30T21:05:25","modified_gmt":"2025-04-30T18:05:25","slug":"match-report-pafos-apollon-4-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.apollon.com.cy\/en\/match-report-pafos-apollon-4-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Match Report | PAFOS &#8211; APOLLON (4-2)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Our team was defeated 4-2 in the first leg of the Coca-Cola Cup semifinal against Pafos FC at the &#8220;Stelios Kyriakides&#8221; Stadium.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>In a match full of intensity, strong duels and many emotions, our players tried to respond after each Pafos goal, but were unable to secure a result that would provide an advantage ahead of the second leg.<\/p>\n<p>The hosts opened the scoring in the 13th minute, but our team reacted immediately, with Sagal equalizing just two minutes later (15\u2019) to make it 1-1. 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