AEL were hoping to get the top spot in the Cyprus First division but a surprise 1-0 defeat to Enosis Neon Paralimni on Friday night put an end to that.
And what a great game it was with two missed penalties to add to the excitement.
AEL were the first culprits their player Reira had his penalty saved by the Paralimni keeper Gasevski.
With 20 minutes to go Paralimni had a penalty saved by the opposing goalkeeper who gave a corner which Enosis Neon Paralimni scored from through Maisuradze.
Paralimni have lifted themselves off the bottom spot in recent weeks by going unbeaten in four weeks by beating Apoel, AEK and now AEL and a draw with Karmiotissa.
Apollon of Limassol retained top spot by beating Olympiakos of Nicosia 2-1. Apollon led 2-0 with a goal in each half scored by Diguiny and Pittas respectively. Olympiakos scored in the 83rd minute through Pechlivanis.
Omonia have gone into second place after beating bottom of the table Ethnikos Achna 2-0 with a bizarre situation where Omonia’s goals were both own goals..
Anorthosis beat in form Famagusta rivals Nea Salamina 2-0 with a goal after 30 minutes through Kvitalia and a added time goal from Galtisios..
Ermis Aradippou beat Karmiotissa 2-0 they scored in the final 15 minutes through Roushias and Kovacevic.
Apoel beat Pafos 3-2 with their goals coming from Sahar, Nsue and Satsias. Pafos goals came from Panic to make it 1-1 and Valakari.scored for Pafos in the 87th minute to end the game 3-2 in Apoel’s favour.
