Omonia avenge Alki defeat

Omonia FC avenged their embarrassing 5-1 defeat by Alki FC in the league on Sunday, beating their rivals 4-0 in the second round, first leg of the Cypriot Cup.

Strong support
Two goals each from Rainer Rauffmann and Vesko Mihajlovic gave the Cypriot champions a comfortable win over Ilie Dumitrescu's men in front a strong 13,000 Omonia crowd.

Rauffmann on target
Rauffmann broke the deadlock on 20 minutes after the German striker picked up a pass from Gunter Thiebaut and fired the ball past a helpless Michalis Shimitras. Mihajlovic made it 2-0 in the 32nd minute from the penalty spot following a foul on Kostas Kaiafas by Andreas Parpas.

Late goals
Alki came out stronger in the second half but the striking duo of Ljubisa Kekic and Zoran Stepjanovic were unable to find the final touch to beat goalkeeper Tasos Yiallouris. Omonia sealed the tie with two more goals in the space of a minute late in the game through Mihajlovic and Rauffmann.

Red card
Alki had midfield player Nicos Timotheou sent off in the 83rd minute for a second yellow card after a challenge on Omonia substitute Alexis Pittas.

Emphatic win
AEL Limassol FC also celebrated an emphatic 4-0 win over Ermis Aradippos FC with the Limassol club now hot favorites to move on to the next round.

Lambrou double
Two first-half goals from Vladan Tomic and another from Lambros Lambrou threw the hosts into an early 2-0 lead, with Lambrou snatching his second and AEL's third in the 59th minute. Captain Ermogenis Christophi grabbed the fourth in the last minute of the game from Michalis Patounas's corner.