can APOEL give surprise once again??

From the same logic, Cyprus League is not just at par with EPL but Bundesliga, Ligue 1, Serie A, and Primeira Liga as well. It shows how competitive it is nowadays in the European leagues. Yes, Apoel Nicosia can surprise again, especially if they can get Marseille. If they could do 1 French, they could do 2. Logical isn't it?

Maybe they can get to the quarters but there will be a lot of teams with more European experience and better players. If they draw chelsea I don't think that they would beat them as Chelsea has far better players

I am actually very happy that APOEL has made it to the quarters. I hope they go on to win at least one more round. As far as EPL teams are concerned, I think they have had a really bad year in the European Championships. Both in Champions League and in Europa League all English teams other than Chelsea are out. But to be fair to them, they have been the dominant force for the last decade or so. Only this year they have had a real bad run. Cheers! Ram

I'm supporting are fellow Cypriots (I'm Greek) though I think that they must be playing at their best plus they should have luck too. The funny thing about Apoel is that many players were rejected in Greece as failed players, Manduca and Chiotis waren't very appreciated in AEK Athens. They left AEK as bad players. Same thing happened to Charalambidis in Panathinaikos Athens and Paok Saloniki. Same thing to Poyrsaitidis In Olympiacos and Skoda Xanthi. He was considered a bad player backat 2002 and now he is at the top level at the age of 35! Same thing to Alexandrou in AEL Larissa where most of it he was in the bench. And Urko Pardo left Olympiacos as an overated goalkeeper. All these players went to Apoel and they perform a lot better than in Greece and they deserve their success. Too bad that miracles don't happen very often in UCL. It would be very nice if a team like Apoel could go to a semifinal or final in UCL. (plus too bad soccer managers here in Greece can't evaluate players :P)

IT's too bad that Apoel drawed Real madrid in the next round. I would be very surprised if they managed to get past Real madrid into the semi finals. That would be a very great upset in champion's league history since it's the first time a Cyprus team has made it past group stage. If Apoel were to go all the way, i would say bigger teams have fallen and they have taken their participation for granted. It would be nice to see Apoel winning the champion's league, just like in 2004/2005, where Porto won it.

APOEL will not succeed in beating Real Madrid. I hope so, but it's impossible! APOEL fans must be very grateful of their team that arrived up to quarter final playing very very good. Anyway Real is too strong for this little team.

APOEL is the surprise package for this season edition of the Champions League. But I think their adventure should end in the quarter-finals. But hey, none gave them much chances to advance to the knock out stage.

I think Apoel is definitely the biggest surprise of the year and,even if every team which qualified for the quarter finals would prefer to have them as their opponents,no one will treat them as underdogs because they gained the respect of all Europe with their fantastic evolution in the Champions League.However,considering the teams which remained in the competition I don't think Apoel can produce another surprise.They might have a chance against team like Benfica or Marseille if they are lucky enough at tomorrow's draw,but I'm sure of one thing:if they play against giants like Barca or Real,they won't be an easy prey for their opponents like other teams who suffered heavy defeats in the previous round.I think they will leave the competition with their heads up high,and even if the level of Cyprus league is still low compared to EPL,their progress is obvious and they deserve respect for their achievements in the Champions League.