The previous of the FC Barcelona-Apoel of Nikosea, from inside
The previous of the FC Barcelona-Apoel of Nikosea, from inside
Published:17/09/2014 - 07:00h
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The Barça carries training from this past Sunday thinking in the party of this Wednesday against the Apoel of Nikosea, team against which wish to obtain the first victory in Champions League to lead the group and put pressure to the PSG
The FC Barcelona has published through his social networks a video that collects some of the most stood out moments of the previous days to the party of this Wednesday against the Apoel of Nikosea in Champions League. It treats of the summary of the previous of the party, that does upsetting in some of the last trainings and the press conferences of Gerard Hammered and Luis Enrique. The FC Barcelona will try to give it all this Wednesday so that the three points do not escape of the Camp Nou and, if possible, achieve a goleada to start with to lead the group of Champions.
The FC Barcelona has published through his social networks a video that collects some of the most stood out moments of the previous days to the party of this Wednesday against the Apoel of Nikosea in Champions League. It treats of the summary of the previous of the party, that does upsetting in some of the last trainings and the press conferences of Gerard Hammered and Luis Enrique. The FC Barcelona will try to give it all this Wednesday so that the three points do not escape of the Camp Nou and, if possible, achieve a goleada to start with to lead the group of Champions.
The FC Barcelona initiates this Wednesday his way in the Champions 2014/15. The first rival of this edition of the European competition will be the APOEL of Nikosea, in the first day of the phase of groups. To continuation review some data to take into account:
- Founded in 1926, the APOEL is the club with a better list of winners of the Cypriot football, with 23 Leagues, 20 Glasses and 13 Supercopas. It is necessary to stand out that it has won five of the last 8 leagues of his country.
- The APOEL, valid champion of the Cypriot league, classified to play the phase of groups of the Champions League after surpassing the previous phase of the European competition. The ones of Giorgos Donis surpassed to the Helsinki by a global result of 4-2, and to the Aalborg Danish, by 5-1. So much APOEL like Barça -these in pre-season- have played this summer, then , against the team of the Finnish capital.
- It will be the first time that Barça and APOEL see the faces in European competition. The past season occurred the same with the Ajax, since, in spite of the history of the two teams, never had coincided in an official party of the Champions.
- This will be the third Cypriot team that visit the Camp Nou along the history. Previously, and always in the ancient Recopa, the Barcelona received to the Apollon of Nikosea (8-0) on 15 September 1982, and the AEK Larnaka (2-0) on 12 September 1996, with Bobby Robson in the bench and Luis Enrique on the field.
- The father of George Efrem, current player of the APOEL, confronted to the Barça in the eliminatory of the Recopa of the season 1982/83.
- The goalkeeper title of the team of Cyprus is Urko Pardo. The player, been born in Brussels, formed part of the Barcelona inferior categories during 8 seasons, where coincided with footballers of the current first Barcelona staff, as Andrés Iniesta or Leo Messi.
- His more important footballer, the Norwegian John Arne Riise, coincided with Javier Mascherano in the Liverpool. With the Argentinian shared changing room from the final stretch of the season 2006-07 until the summer of 2008, moment in which Riise left Anfield for fichar by the Rome.
- This Barça-APOEL will be the party of debut in the League of Champions so much of Luis Enrique as of Giorgos Donis like trainers.
- One of the members of the staff of the APOEL, Tiago Gomes, already knows what means to win to the Barça in the Camp Nou. It did it with Hercules, during the season 2010-11, when it won 0-2 in September of 2010.
- Ivan Rakitic is the only footballer of the staff culé that has marked him a goal to the APOEL. Like player of the Schalke 04, did a target in the 4-1 corresponding to the first round of the Glass of the UEFA of the season 2008-09.
- The party could suppose the debut in the Champions of Douglas, Sandro and Munir. The goalkeeper Ter Stegen participated in a previous phase.
- The APOEL never has won a party to domicile in the League of Champions. It has taken out ties, however, of stadiums with a lot of name, as the one of Chelsea, the Athletic of Madrid or the Port wine.
