Wetin be dis? Pafos and Salzburg don finish di match with 3-3 for UEFA Europa League. Di second half end with di score wey make everybody dey shake head. Na real tussle wey see for di pitch.
Di game star with both teams dey try. Pafos manager Ricardo Sá Pinto set im team for 4-1-4-1, while Salzburg man Danny Röhl choose 4-2-3-1. Two managers wey know wetin dem dey do, but no one fit claim victory for dis one.
Salzburg don carry 1-0 lead from di first leg, but Pafos no gree make dem rest. Dem fight back well well. Di goal wey tie di match na from corner kick. Murad Mammadov take left foot shot from right side of di box, im send am go top left corner. Lelê provide di assist, after corner wey Kévin Boma concede.
Before dat one, plenty tins happen. Karim Konaté try im luck with left foot shot for centre of di box, but Radoslaw Majecki save am. Lelê also get header wey miss to di right, from Nicholas Ioannou cross. Christian Zawieschitzky save Lelê shot well well. Di two goalkeepers dey do dia work.
Fouls plenty too. Anderson Silva foul Kévin Boma. Abubakr Barry foul Biel. David Luiz offside. Di referee don even announce 4 minutes added time, but e still plenty tins.
Salzburg make changes: Frans Krätzig replace Damir Redzic, Leandro Morgalla come in for Nikolas Veratschnig, Tim Drexler take Yorbe Vertessen place. Pafos change too: Murad Mammadov come in for Vlad Dragomir. All di changes dey add spice.
Before di match, Danny Röhl talk say e important to play proactive away from home. Im talk say, “We can’t let them push us around. We’re facing a very experienced team wey fit put us under pressure, especially at home and at di right moments. Dem go likely create chances from set pieces and long balls. We have to defend all of that consistently.” E say di team ready for di match.
Pafos don show dia strength before. Against Hajduk Split, dem win 4-0 for di second qualifying round. But dis time, Salzburg hold dem. Di match play for Alphamega Stadium for Limassol, because Pafos home ground no meet UEFA regulations. Di journey from di port city dey almost 45 minutes by car. Di stadium no see too many spectators for recent European matches—only 4,169 fans come watch di 4-0 win against Hajduk Split.
For di first leg, Salzburg win 1-0, but di road to di play-offs no easy. Dem don pick some knocks for dat one, and di away draw against WAC still dey weigh dem down. Pafos get weekends off, and dia coach Ricardo Sá Pinto no get Sema, wey receive red card for di first leg. Dem also miss di injured Quina, but Sema come in for am last week.
Di referee na Joao Pinheiro from Portugal. Di match kick off at 19:00 CEST wey be 20:00 local time. ServusTV and ServusTV On broadcast di game for Austria. Fans wey travel from Salzburg get all di information for di away support section.
Na draw, but e get plenty drama. Both teams go continue di fight for di return leg. Pafos no gree make Salzburg run away with am. Di second leg go be another hot one for Cyprus.
