APOEL coach after the triumph against Gjilan: We could have shut down the fight.

Speaking to his country's media, Ousunidis said that for a moment he thought Gjilan would beat him to get through.

We only care about the qualifications, but we could have closed the game much easier. Unfortunately, our choices were not good. The positive thing is that we won and now we have to work before”, the APOEL coach said.

“We were afraid the match would go wrong for us, but in the end it all went well”, the Cypriot coach added away.

By contrast, Gentin Mezani's team was defeated by 0:2 at the Fajdil Vokriı Stadium at the valid meeting for the first qualifying round of LE.

The regular match ended without goals, with guests losing a suspicious penalty. Al-Temmar (78) failed to find the gate, bringing the match to an extra battle.

The game seems to have affected Gnjilan's players, who had two goals at my ʹextra-time. Initially, Efrem (102) gave the Cypriot advantage before Zedgala (116) sealed everything.

Despite the elimination, it was a highly dignified performance of Gjilan, who played against a team with a much larger budget.