In Saturday’s games in Cyprus Omonia staged a dramatic comeback in their season opener against New Salamis on Saturday after bouncing back from 3-1 down to win 5-3 in injury time.
New Salamis took the lead through Koullis Pavlou five minutes later Omonia equalised when Andre Schembri found Cillian Sheridan and the Irishman beat the red’s goalkeeper to score. New Salamis increased their lead to 3-1 with goals from a free kick from Ivan Curjuric and Aldo Aadorno just before the break.
Omonia were quick to equalise after half time Nuno Asis and Sheridan.
Omonia were late pressurising the New Salamis rearguard and were rewarded with two goals in added time from Schembri and Sheridan penalty to give the green’s a vital 5-3 win.
Two goals from Tomas helped AEK Larnaca get their new season off to a winning start as they secured a hard-fought 2-0 victory away to Pafos FC.
Apoel beat Ermis Aradippou 5-1 in Larnaca with Constantinos Charalambides , Luis Leah 2, Carlao and Ermis goal came at 4-1 stage from Andreas Vasilogiannis.
Apoel are now getting prepared for their second leg Champions League home game on Wednesday versus FC Astana in which they are 1-0 down.
Today Sunday games are Ethnikos Achnas v Doxa Katokopias, Apollon v Aris, Anorthosis v AEL and on Monday Ayia Napa v Enosis Neon Paralimniou.