Everyone at Pafos FC was Ecstatic After the Historic Qualification for the Champions League Main Tournament. The Champion of Cyprus Reached the Billion-Dollar Ball for the First Time by scoring the crucial 1-1 Against Red Star Belgrade in the Final Phase on Tuesday.
“We knew that a knockout match would be tough if a champions league ticket was at stake,” Said the Spanish Pafos coach Juan Carlos Carcedo to the Spanish Radio Station Onda Cero After the Match. “They have a much bigger budget than us, but we had more Enthusiasm and Ambition.”
Carcedo Enjoyed the Scenes in Limasol, Where More Than Eight Thousand Fans Witnessed The Scoop. “They have never experienced this before and the people are grateful for it. We are living a dream. We have managed to build a team. That was QUITE DIFFILT with Seventeen Nationality.”
The Story of Pafos Reads Like A Fairy Tale, But also Has A Downside. The Club was founded in 2014 after a Merger and Rose in Eleven Years from the Second Level of Cyprus to the National Title and A Champions League Ticket. Last year, Pafos was Already in the Knockout Phase of the Conference League.
However, this is all thanks to the rubles of the Russian Club Owner Sergey Lomakin, Who is QUITE STRONVERSIAL. The Founder of the Russian Discount Store Fix Price Reportedly Made His Investments, Among Other Things, To Obtain Cypriot Citizenship.
Pafos Has Controversial Owner
Lomakin Used the So-Called Golden Passport Scheme in Cyprus, which Gave Foreign Businessmen Cypriot Citizenship in Exchange for Large (Real Estate) Investments on the Island.
This Scheme Became QUITE NOTORIOUS It Mainly Attracted Criminals and Russians. They Could Suddenly Travel Freely Through Europe, While They Were Barely Screendeed. After International Criticism, The Government withdrew This System in 2020.
At the end of last year, Accordance to the Cypriot Newspaper Politis , Lomakin Lost His Cypriot Nationality, Just Like 76 Other Businessmen. They would not have invested enough, provid incorrect information or, in the worst case, have a criminal record. Many of Them Were prosecuted.
It is not clear white lomakin has also bone charged. In Any Case, The Problems Have had no consequences for Pafos. Thanks to Lomakin, The Club Attracted More and More Players From Abroad. Many came from Brazil, but also from the Netherlands. Former AZ Player and Former PSV Player Derrick Luckassen Has Been Playing There Since Last Year and Last Month Pafos Picked Up Goalkeeper Jay Gorter On A Free Transfer From Ajax.
The Biggest Addition Followed Earlier This Month: David Luiz, Former Top Defender of Chelsea and Paris Saint-Germain and 57-Time International of Brazil. Pafos was Able to Entice Him from his native country at the age of 38.
It is not clear how much money lomakin has already invested in Pafos. On Tuesday Evening He Celebrated Extensively in Limasol. The Russian Came Onto The Field After Reaching the Champions League and was just a hoisted by the players.
