Opposition Galvanised by Plane Disaster Anorthosis Famagusta Anorthosis Famagusta Stewart Fisher Hears Two of the Cypriots' Star Players Explain Why Wednesday Night at Ibrox Will Be a Tough Test for Rangers

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ANORTHOSIS FAMAGUSTA team-mates Giorgi Kinkladze and Marco Haber last night warned that the Ibrox club will face a team on Wednesday brought closer together by the tragedy which engulfed Helios Airways flight ZU 522.

The club's 32-year-old playmaker and captain Nikos Nikolaou lost four of his relatives when the plane crashed into mountains near Athens killing all 121 passengers and crew last Sunday. On a small island with a population of just 700,000, few members of the footballing community have not been touched by the tragedy, and there is at least a partial belief that the same unity and inspiration that saw a 10-man Cypriot national team record one of their best away results, a 3-0 win in the Faroe Islands in midweek, could extend to overturning the club's 2-1 deficit from the Champions League third round second leg.

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Opposition Galvanised by Plane Disaster Anorthosis Famagusta Anorthosis Famagusta Stewart Fisher Hears Two of the Cypriots' Star Players Explain Why Wednesday Night at Ibrox Will Be a Tough Test for Rangers

Nikolaou - whose aunt, uncle and their two daughters were on board the flight - pulled out of the international fixture, but is expected to make the trip to Glasgow. The country's most famous linesman, Andreas Mavris; Olympiakos Nicosia...

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