Rachel Cuschieri scores twice as Apollon hit eight past Hibs

Malta international midfielder Rachel Cuschieri scored two as hosts Apollon Ladies FC defeated Hibernians 8-0 in a match from Group 3 of the UEFA Women’s Champions League Qualifying Round at the Paphiakos Stadium in Paphos.

The hosts had already made sure of the three points with three goals in the first fifteen minutes. Loucretia Chrysostomou put Apollon ahead on the 5th minute and Tiffany Cameron doubled the score five minutes later. Kyriaki Kynossidou made it 3-0 on the 15th.

Substitute Antri Violari increased the score on 66 minutes before Rachel Cuschieri added another two goals on the 79th and 82nd. Four minutes from time, Florentia Antoniou made it 7-0 with Tiffany Cameron scoring the eighth goal on the 90th.

On Sunday, Hibs face KI of the Faroe Islands who lost 2-0 to Apollon and 4-0 to Stjarnan.

APOLLON Cecilia Santiago, Paraskevoula Antoniou, Loucretia Chrysostomou (61′ Antri Violari), Tiffany Cameron, Zaneta Wyne, Yekaterina Gokhman (61′ Danai-Eleni Sidira), Christiana Solomou, Rachel Cuschieri, Kyriaki Kynossidou, Mónica Mendes (69′ Florentia Antoniou), Taylor Kay Rene Comeau.

HIBS Keoney Demicoli, Rodiana Borg, Claire Sciberras, Dorianne Theuma, Emma Xuereb, Ruth Steer Chetham (66′ Dionne Tonna), Martina Borg (88′ Nicole Borg), Mandy Debono, Shona Zammit, Charlene Zammit, Francesca Chircop (66′ Rebecca Naudi).

Referee: Ivana Projkovska (MKD)