NK Celje 2-0 Apoel (Feb 20, 2025) Commentary

NK Celje

Armandas Kucys - 45'+4'
Tamar Svetlin - 51'

27
Belec
19
Quintillá
34
Laifis
16
Susic
28
Galanopoulos
18
Satsias
8
Tejera
44
Sarfo
17
Abagna
20
Drazic
9
El Arabi

No.Name
27Vid Belec
34Konstantinos Laifis
16Mateo Susic
19Xavier Quintillá
28Konstantinos Galanopoulos
8Sergio Tejera
44Kingsley Sarfo 99Iván Alejo 7Max Meyer
18Giannis Satsias
17David Abagna 23Panagiotis Kattirtzis
20Stefan Drazic
9Youssef El Arabi

Substitutes
90Vasilios Efthymiou
32Ioannis Avramidis
91Nikolas Chattalas
78Savvas Michos
22Andreas Christodoulou
94Panayiotis Hadjipavlis
2Nikolas Lysandrou

GSP Stadium

3:00 PM, February 20, 2025

Nicosia, Cyprus

Line: APO -0.5

Over/Under: 2.5

Attendance: 9,108

Referees:
John Beaton

Apoel Nicosia

NK Celje

KO
7
17
19
31
HT
45+4
45+4
51
55
73
80
85
86
88
89
90
FT

- Match ends, APOEL Nicosia 0, Celje 2.
90'+6' Second Half ends, APOEL Nicosia 0, Celje 2.
90'+6' Attempt missed. Marco Dulca (Celje) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses the top right corner. Assisted by Mario Kvesic.
90'+5' Juanjo Nieto (Celje) wins a free kick on the right wing.
90'+5' Foul by Giannis Satsias (APOEL Nicosia).
90'+4' Attempt missed. Klemen Nemanic (Celje) left footed shot from outside the box is too high following a corner.
90'+3' Corner, Celje. Conceded by Vid Belec.
90'+3' Attempt saved. Mario Kvesic (Celje) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Marco Dulca.
90'+1' Fourth official has announced 5 minutes of added time.
90' Mario Kvesic (Celje) is shown the yellow card.
90' Sergio Tejera (APOEL Nicosia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
90' Foul by Marco Dulca (Celje).
89' Mateo Susic (APOEL Nicosia) is shown the yellow card.
89' Attempt missed. Edmilson (Celje) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left.
89' Attempt blocked. Svit Seslar (Celje) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Mario Kvesic.
88' Substitution, Celje. Mario Kvesic replaces Logan Delaurier-Chaubet.
87' Offside, APOEL Nicosia. Youssef El-Arabi is caught offside.
86' Substitution, APOEL Nicosia. Max Meyer replaces Iván Alejo.
85' Svit Seslar (Celje) is shown the yellow card.
85' Sergio Tejera (APOEL Nicosia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
85' Foul by Svit Seslar (Celje).
84' Panagiotis Kattirtzis (APOEL Nicosia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
84' Foul by Juanjo Nieto (Celje).
83' Attempt missed. Aljosa Matko (Celje) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Edmilson following a fast break.
82' Attempt saved. Svit Seslar (Celje) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is saved in the centre of the goal.
80' Substitution, Celje. Marco Dulca replaces Mark Zabukovnik.
77' Tamar Svetlin (Celje) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
77' Foul by Iván Alejo (APOEL Nicosia).
75' Corner, Celje. Conceded by Xavi Quintillá.
73' Substitution, Celje. Edmilson replaces Armandas Kucys.
73' Attempt missed. Konstantinos Galanopoulos (APOEL Nicosia) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Sergio Tejera.
70' Attempt saved. Konstantinos Galanopoulos (APOEL Nicosia) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Sergio Tejera with a cross.
70' Stefan Drazic (APOEL Nicosia) wins a free kick on the right wing.
70' Foul by Klemen Nemanic (Celje).
67' Vid Belec (APOEL Nicosia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
67' Foul by Armandas Kucys (Celje).
66' Corner, Celje. Conceded by Panagiotis Kattirtzis.
66' Attempt blocked. Lukasz Bejger (Celje) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Juanjo Nieto.
64' Zan Karnicnik (Celje) wins a free kick on the left wing.
64' Foul by Konstantinos Galanopoulos (APOEL Nicosia).
63' Foul by Mateo Susic (APOEL Nicosia).
63' Armandas Kucys (Celje) wins a free kick on the left wing.
62' Offside, APOEL Nicosia. Youssef El-Arabi is caught offside.
61' Offside, Celje. Tamar Svetlin is caught offside.
60' Svit Seslar (Celje) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
60' Foul by Sergio Tejera (APOEL Nicosia).
59' Sergio Tejera (APOEL Nicosia) wins a free kick on the left wing.
59' Foul by Armandas Kucys (Celje).
58' Attempt missed. Giannis Satsias (APOEL Nicosia) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left following a corner.
58' Attempt blocked. Panagiotis Kattirtzis (APOEL Nicosia) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
58' Corner, APOEL Nicosia. Conceded by Armandas Kucys.
58' Attempt blocked. Stefan Drazic (APOEL Nicosia) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Iván Alejo with a cross.
57' Corner, APOEL Nicosia. Conceded by Zan Karnicnik.
57' Stefan Drazic (APOEL Nicosia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
57' Foul by Klemen Nemanic (Celje).
55' Giannis Satsias (APOEL Nicosia) wins a free kick on the left wing.
55' Foul by Aljosa Matko (Celje).
55' Substitution, APOEL Nicosia. Iván Alejo replaces Kingsley Sarfo.
54' Stefan Drazic (APOEL Nicosia) wins a free kick on the left wing.
54' Foul by Lukasz Bejger (Celje).
51' Goal! APOEL Nicosia 0, Celje 2. Tamar Svetlin (Celje) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Svit Seslar following a fast break.
49' Tamar Svetlin (Celje) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
49' Foul by Giannis Satsias (APOEL Nicosia).
47' Attempt saved. Aljosa Matko (Celje) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Mark Zabukovnik.
45' Second Half begins APOEL Nicosia 0, Celje 1.
45'+4' First Half ends, APOEL Nicosia 0, Celje 1.
45'+4' Stefan Drazic (APOEL Nicosia) is shown the yellow card.
45'+4' Goal! APOEL Nicosia 0, Celje 1. Armandas Kucys (Celje) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Svit Seslar with a cross following a corner.
45'+3' Corner, Celje. Conceded by Vid Belec.
45'+3' Attempt saved. Aljosa Matko (Celje) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Logan Delaurier-Chaubet.
45'+3' Offside, APOEL Nicosia. Youssef El-Arabi is caught offside.
45'+2' Attempt saved. Stefan Drazic (APOEL Nicosia) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Sergio Tejera with a cross.
45'+2' Corner, APOEL Nicosia. Conceded by Klemen Nemanic.
45' Fourth official has announced 4 minutes of added time.
45' Offside, Celje. Aljosa Matko is caught offside.
44' Attempt missed. Logan Delaurier-Chaubet (Celje) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Juanjo Nieto.
44' Foul by Mateo Susic (APOEL Nicosia).
44' Armandas Kucys (Celje) wins a free kick on the left wing.
43' Giannis Satsias (APOEL Nicosia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
43' Foul by Logan Delaurier-Chaubet (Celje).
41' Svit Seslar (Celje) wins a free kick on the right wing.
41' Foul by Xavi Quintillá (APOEL Nicosia).
40' Mark Zabukovnik (Celje) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
40' Foul by Sergio Tejera (APOEL Nicosia).
39' Delay over. They are ready to continue.
39' Delay in match (Celje).
37' Attempt missed. Logan Delaurier-Chaubet (Celje) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left following a corner.
37' Corner, Celje. Conceded by Vid Belec.
37' Attempt saved. Logan Delaurier-Chaubet (Celje) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Aljosa Matko.
35' Youssef El-Arabi (APOEL Nicosia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
35' Foul by Lukasz Bejger (Celje).
33' Corner, Celje. Conceded by Konstantinos Laifis.
31' Substitution, APOEL Nicosia. Panagiotis Kattirtzis replaces David Abagna because of an injury.
31' Delay over. They are ready to continue.
31' Delay in match because of an injury Vid Belec (APOEL Nicosia).
30' Attempt blocked. Logan Delaurier-Chaubet (Celje) header from the centre of the box is blocked.
30' Aljosa Matko (Celje) hits the bar with a header from the left side of the six yard box. Assisted by Armandas Kucys with a cross.
29' Delay over. They are ready to continue.
29' Delay in match because of an injury David Abagna (APOEL Nicosia).
28' Foul by Konstantinos Galanopoulos (APOEL Nicosia).
28' Armandas Kucys (Celje) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
28' Attempt blocked. David Abagna (APOEL Nicosia) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Youssef El-Arabi.
26' Corner, APOEL Nicosia. Conceded by Juanjo Nieto.
24' Sergio Tejera (APOEL Nicosia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
24' Foul by Armandas Kucys (Celje).
21' Juanjo Nieto (Celje) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
21' Foul by Giannis Satsias (APOEL Nicosia).
20' Konstantinos Galanopoulos (APOEL Nicosia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
20' Foul by Logan Delaurier-Chaubet (Celje).
19' Mark Zabukovnik (Celje) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
19' Giannis Satsias (APOEL Nicosia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
19' Foul by Mark Zabukovnik (Celje).
18' Attempt missed. Svit Seslar (Celje) left footed shot from outside the box is too high from a direct free kick.
17' Sergio Tejera (APOEL Nicosia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
17' Svit Seslar (Celje) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
17' Foul by Sergio Tejera (APOEL Nicosia).
15' Mateo Susic (APOEL Nicosia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
15' Foul by Lukasz Bejger (Celje).
14' Corner, Celje. Conceded by Sergio Tejera.
13' Giannis Satsias (APOEL Nicosia) wins a free kick on the left wing.
13' Foul by Juanjo Nieto (Celje).
11' Hand ball by Youssef El-Arabi (APOEL Nicosia).
9' Foul by Mateo Susic (APOEL Nicosia).
9' Armandas Kucys (Celje) wins a free kick on the left wing.
9' Delay over. They are ready to continue.
8' Delay in match because of an injury Logan Delaurier-Chaubet (Celje).
7' Konstantinos Laifis (APOEL Nicosia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
7' Logan Delaurier-Chaubet (Celje) wins a free kick on the left wing.
7' Foul by Konstantinos Laifis (APOEL Nicosia).
7' Attempt saved. Giannis Satsias (APOEL Nicosia) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Youssef El-Arabi.
6' Foul by Xavi Quintillá (APOEL Nicosia).
6' Aljosa Matko (Celje) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
5' Attempt saved. Stefan Drazic (APOEL Nicosia) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Giannis Satsias.
3' Mark Zabukovnik (Celje) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
3' Foul by Youssef El-Arabi (APOEL Nicosia).
- First Half begins.
- Lineups are announced and players are warming up.

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