WFC CSKA lost to Apollon Ladies in the UWCL QR I Final

Sergey Lavrentyev, WFC CSKA head coach:
– We were worse in motivation to the opponent's players. They were more charged than we were. In the locker room, I made a complaint to the team. It's not right to go to such matches thinking that we only have class. The class doesn't solve everything. Order, organization, and complete dedication decide. Apart from the dedication, I am not happy with the game in the middle of the field, as well as in the final stage of the attack. We sorted everything out and knew literally everything about the opponent, but we didn't do what we should have done on the field. We talked about how and by whom to attack. Today there were a lot of unjustified ball losses, a lot of unnecessary fouls. In the end, everything led to this result. We lost to an organized team, the organization defeated the class. We are very upset.


Apollon Ladies – WFC CSKA – 2:1

Goals: Myasnikova (32), Freda (39), Lockwood (66).

Apollon Ladies: Baldwin, Abramo, Ioannou, Visco, Lester, Ricks, Hagman, Lockwood (Panagiotou, 89), Hmírova, Sigfusdottir (E. Giannou, 85), Freda (Pina Fonseca, 77).

WFC CSKA: Todua, Pleshkova, Jankovic (Alekseeva, 72), Damjanovic, Myasnikova, Chernomyrdina, Pozdeeva, Smirnova, Onguene, Kozyrenko (Kiskonen, 72), Ordega (Gordon, 46).

Yellow cards: Jankovic (20), Lockwood (30), Ioannou (45), Pozdeeva (70), Onguene (93).

Referee: Maria Marotta (Italy).

August 21, 2021. Cyprus. Limassol. Tsirion Stadium.