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APOEL faces Olympique Lyonnais for Champions league knockout stage

by fm

14th February 2012

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APOEL FC faces Tuesday night Olympique Lyonnais for the Champions League knockout stage.

The match will be held in Stade de Gerland in Lyon and will begin on 21:45 local time (19.45 GMT).

APOEL has already made history as it became the first Cypriot football club to reach the knockout phase of the UEFA Champions League, after finishing first in Group G.

Ivan Jovanovic, APOEL coach, said the club, considered as the underdog, seeks a result which would give hopes for the second leg to be held in GSP stadium Nicosia on March 7.

''We would like to have a result which would give meaning to the second match. We would like the qualification to be determined in the second match,'' he said.