Cork City's defence key against Larnaca's Spanish revolution

Cork City’s European tour takes a turn with a difference over the next two weeks as the club heads for Cyprus’s very own little enclave of Spain.

AEK Larnaca may be a proud Cypriot club, but it has a distinct Iberian flavour. There are now 12 Spanish players in the AEK Larnaca squad. They are all technically very good but few would have graced LaLiga, instead working their way through Spain’s lower leagues. Think vino de mesa rather than Rioja.

Irish international Cillian Sheridan spent four years playing in the Cyprus First Division with APOEL and Omonia before his move to Jagiellonia Bialystok in the Polish top flight this season.