Commemoration event for the first match

Commemoration of first Cyprus-Israel football game

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    ​On Sunday, 13 November, 2022, we marked 62 years since the first match between Cyprus and Israel (1960).

    At a moving commemoration event, Israel’s football legend Abraham Menczel joined his Cypriot fellow players Panikos Krystallis, Andreas Christodoulou Pakkos, Andreas Kakoullis and Nikos Eleftheriades, in sharing their memories from that special first game.

    Listening to them, reminded all of us that our peoples connection goes way back.

    Limassol Mayor Nicos Nicolaides and the Ambassador of Israel Oren Anolik awarded honorary plaques to Abraham Menczel and the four Cypriot🇨🇾 players.

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