Former Gunner Vlad Dragomir scored a Champions League Aim of the Season contender in Pafos’ last League Part match, nevertheless it in the end wasn’t sufficient to see them by.
Photograph by way of Dragomir on Instagram
Commercial
Former Arsenal academy teenager at the moment performs for Pafos in Cyprus, typically captaining the aspect, and his crew had the possibility to qualify for the knockout phases of the Champions League on Wednesday evening.
With so many different groups round them, Pafos wanted an enormous win and to hope outcomes went their approach elsewhere, and Dragomir set them on the appropriate path with a incredible opening objective in opposition to Slavia Praha.
Choosing up the ball properly exterior the penalty space, the 26-year-old fired a left-footed effort throughout the goalkeeper and into the far prime nook, with the ball arrowing into the web at some tempo. Dragomir has solely scored 5 targets this season, however that was absolutely the choose of the bunch.
Photograph by Michael Campanella/Getty Photographs
Commercial
Slavia scored an equaliser simply earlier than half time, however Pafos continued to push within the second half and in the end received the match 4-1.
But the evening led to heartbreak, with Benfica and Marseille racking up simply marginally higher objective distinction than Dragomir’s aspect. Two extra targets or yet another level would have seen the Cypriot aspect into the knockouts.
Pafos will really feel they did all they may on the evening, they usually’ll maybe look again on a irritating 0-0 draw with Kairat Almaty earlier within the match as the largest missed alternative. Thirty sixth-placed Kairat solely picked up one level in the whole League Part, and it was in that recreation.
Vlad Dragomir signing his Arsenal contract. Image: Getty Photographs
The highlights from the sport are , together with that Dragomir wonder-goal.