Georgi Minchev broke out with a hat-trick in Cyprus in an impressive 5:4 victory

Bulgarian international Georgi Minchev scored a hat-trick for AEL (Limasol), who achieved an impressive 5:4 victory over Nea Salamina in a match of the 11th round (37th in total) of the playoff to stay in the Cypriot first division. Both teams are not in danger as they have enough points. AEL 2nd in the group with 50 points, 9 behind big city rivals Apollon. Nea Salamina is 4th with 44 and 13 points ahead of Doxa (Katocopia), first in the relegation zone.

Minchev scored in the 12th and 28th minutes, making the score 2:0. His third hit came in the 84th, going up 4:3. The guests equalized after that, and the final 5:4 came in the 6th minute of stoppage time Andreas Makris.

In Limassol, an open game was played, without stress or focus, with the forwards the protagonists and the defenses looking like spectators. The team from Limassol showed that they can easily decide the match, but the opponent from Famagusta did not give up and fought until the end.

The former Lokomotiv (Plovdiv) striker opened the scoring in the 12th minute with a very beautiful volley from the edge of the box after Jalma Silva headed the ball down. In the 28th minute, he dived forward and intercepted a cross from the right, with the goalkeeper having no chance to intervene. Six minutes before the end, he also recorded his first hat-trick in Cyprus, after he intercepted Ahmad Mendes Moreira’s ground pass in an empty net for 4:3.

Thus, the 29-year-old striker has 8 goals in 16 games for AEL and is becoming an increasingly important figure for both his team and the Cypriot championship.