Following the completion of the draw for the second round of the Coca-Cola Cup, the press representatives of the teams participating in the tournament issued statements, offering their initial assessments of the matchups that emerged.
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In their comments, they emphasized the difficulty of the matches, stressing the need for seriousness and focus, with the common goal of securing a spot in the next round.
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Here’s what they said in detail
- Statements on Apollon – Karmiotissa
Apollon (Fanourios Konstantinou): “The draw against Karmiotissa does not guarantee us direct qualification to the next round.”
Karmiotissa (Aristos Panagidis): “We’ll go into the match aiming to secure qualification.”
- Statements on AEK vs. Anorthosis
AEK: (Andreas Pavlou, Board Member) “We’re ready to welcome Anorthosis to our stadium—let’s have a great game.”
Anorthosis (Charalambos Parpetas): “This is a competition that matters to our team—we’ll give it our all to qualify.”
- Statements on APOEL vs. Aris
APOEL (Nektarios Petevinos): “The odds of being considered the favorite are slim—our goal remains the same: to go all the way.”
Aris (Kostas Papadopoulos): “For us, it’s a huge step forward—to advance to the next round.”
- Statements from AEL – ENP
AEL (Nikolas Leventis): “If we don’t take these games seriously, we don’t stand a chance.”
ENP: No representative was present.
- Statements on Omonia vs. Olympiacos
Omonia (Andreas Dimitriou): “Olympiacos is a formidable opponent. These factors make the match particularly dangerous for us.”
Olympiacos (Andreas Panaretou): “The level of difficulty is very high. We’ll try to advance.”
- Statements on the KRASAVA ENY – ASIL Lysis match
KRASAVA ENY (Christoforos Michailoudis): “We’ll have to take this seriously to advance to the next round.”
ASIL Lysia (Sotiris Pavlou, General Manager): “We’ll do our part to ensure a great match.”
- Statements regarding the Omonia–Aradippou–Omonia match on May 29
Omonia Aradippou: No representative was present
Omonia May 29 (Michalis Xenophontos): “There’s no clear favorite. We want to go as far as possible.”
- Statements on Nea Salamina vs. Paphos FC
Nea Salamina (Loizos Moisos): “We’ve always been interested in the Cup competition, and we’ll be fighting for a spot in the next round.”
Paphos FC (Christoforos Matthaiou): “We want to advance and make it to the final once again.”
