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Boys up against men

AFP, Nicosia
When Cypriot giant killers APOEL face the mighty Real Madrid on Tuesday, some might call the Cham-pions League
quarterfinal, first leg tie the biggest mismatch ever at this stage of the competition.
Real's multi-million euro 'Galacticos' will take on a team that usually falls under Europe's football radar.
Unkind observers could tag the contest as one between the journeymen no hopers of APOEL and the all conquering superstars from Spain.
But throughout this campaign the unfancied Cypriot have defied the odds in rewriting the history books — giving justification to UEFA boss Michel
Platini who campaigned for an even playing field for smaller clubs.
APOEL have come through the qualifying rounds to become the first Cypriot team to reach this stage of the competition.
More than 6,000 fans turned up at Nicosia's GSP stadium on Friday to snap up the last300 tickets.
The 23,000 capacity ground could easily have been sold-out three times over such is the interest in this game.
Obviously the star attraction for many Cypriots is the chance to see one of the world's best players in action — Cristiano Ronaldo.
In terms of budget and status, APOEL are the smallest club left in the competition, especially in contrast to Real Madrid.
And APOEL's financial clout pales into insignificance when compared to
the planet's richest football club with a 490 million euro budget.
Goal machine Ronaldo is the world's most expensive player costing Real a record 80 million euros on an annual salary exceeding 13 million.
APOEL's record signing is Brazilian striker Ailton who cost 700,000 euros from Copenhagen in 2010 and their highest paid player Esteban Solari doesn't make in a year what Ronaldo earns in a week.
At APOEL most players' salaries do not exceed 13,000 euros a month.
Talisman Ailton scored four goals in the qualifying rounds, snatched the winner at home to Zenit in the group stage and scored in both games againstPorto.
His impressive tally of seven in the competition so far began in modest surroundings in a qualifier against KS Skenderbeu in Albania last July.