Aris Uses Early Burst to Beat AEL Limassol 3‑1
LIMASSOL, Cyprus (Interstat) — Aris scored twice in a three-minute span early in the first half and added another goal after the break to defeat AEL Limassol 3-1 on Sunday. Rody Junior Effaghe, Stevan Jovetic, Veljko Nikolic and Gustavo Paje were key performers. Nikolic opened the scoring in the 23rd minute, Effaghe doubled the lead in the 25th and Paje, who played 30 minutes, sealed the result in the 63rd. Jovetic scored AEL Limassol’s lone goal. The win moved Aris to 2 wins, no losses and one draw in the competition and 3 wins, one loss and one draw across all competitions. AEL Limassol fell to 2 wins and one loss in the competition and 2 wins and one loss across all competitions. Yellow cards went to Singh L., Anderson Correia, Tavares J., Antoniou E. and Lelle D. Aris led 2-0 at halftime before adding its third goal in the second half.