UEFA European Championship Qualifying

Cyprus vs San Marino, 2020 European Championship Qualifying, Group Stage

· UEFA European Championship Qualifying
Cyprus
  • 19': Pieros Soteriou (P)
  • 23': Pieros Soteriou (P)
  • 26': Ioannis Kousoulos
  • 31': Georgios Efrem
  • 56': Konstantinos Laifis
FT
5 - 0
San Marino

    About

    Cyprus are hosting San Marino at GSP Stadium, Nicosia, Cyprus, starting on . The match is a part of the UEFA European Championship Qualifying.

    Match Commentary

    • 0': First Half begins.
    • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
    • 2': Attempt blocked. Fotis Papoulis (Cyprus) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Jason Demetriou.
    • 6': Attempt blocked. Georgios Efrem (Cyprus) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
    • 7': Attempt missed. Kostas Laifis (Cyprus) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.
    • 8': Attempt missed. Anthony Georgiou (Cyprus) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Jason Demetriou.
    • 9': Foul by Danilo Rinaldi (San Marino).
    • 9': Jason Demetriou (Cyprus) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 10': Attempt missed. Fotis Papoulis (Cyprus) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box misses to the left.
    • 14': Filippo Berardi (San Marino) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 14': Foul by Anthony Georgiou (Cyprus).
    • 16': Foul by Nicola Nanni (San Marino).
    • 16': Kostakis Artymatas (Cyprus) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 17': Fotis Papoulis (Cyprus) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 17': Foul by Mattia Giardi (San Marino).
    • 18': Attempt blocked. Fotis Papoulis (Cyprus) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Pieros Sotiriou.
    • 18': Penalty conceded by Davide Simoncini (San Marino) with a hand ball in the penalty area.
    • 18': Davide Simoncini (San Marino) is shown the yellow card for hand ball.
    • 19': Goal! Cyprus 1, San Marino 0. Pieros Sotiriou (Cyprus) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
    • 20': Anthony Georgiou (Cyprus) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 20': Foul by Enrico Golinucci (San Marino).
    • 20': Enrico Golinucci (San Marino) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 20': Mattia Giardi (San Marino) is shown the yellow card.
    • 21': Foul by Manuel Battistini (San Marino).
    • 21': Georgios Efrem (Cyprus) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 23': Penalty Cyprus. Jason Demetriou draws a foul in the penalty area.
    • 23': Penalty conceded by Marcello Mularoni (San Marino) after a foul in the penalty area.
    • 23': Goal! Cyprus 2, San Marino 0. Pieros Sotiriou (Cyprus) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
    • 25': Attempt saved. Jason Demetriou (Cyprus) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Nikolas Ioannou.
    • 25': Corner, Cyprus. Conceded by Elia Benedettini.
    • 26': Attempt missed. Georgios Efrem (Cyprus) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Nestoras Mytidis following a corner.
    • 26': Goal! Cyprus 3, San Marino 0. Ioannis Kousoulos (Cyprus) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Georgios Efrem following a corner.
    • 27': Substitution, Cyprus. Andreas Makris replaces Pieros Sotiriou.
    • 27': Attempt missed. Anthony Georgiou (Cyprus) left footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Kostakis Artymatas.
    • 28': Corner, Cyprus. Conceded by Davide Simoncini.
    • 28': Attempt blocked. Kostakis Artymatas (Cyprus) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
    • 28': Danilo Rinaldi (San Marino) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 28': Foul by Ioannis Kousoulos (Cyprus).
    • 31': Goal! Cyprus 4, San Marino 0. Georgios Efrem (Cyprus) right footed shot from outside the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Nestoras Mytidis.
    • 33': Attempt missed. Andreas Makris (Cyprus) right footed shot from very close range is too high. Assisted by Nikolas Ioannou with a cross.
    • 34': Attempt blocked. Anthony Georgiou (Cyprus) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Kostas Laifis.
    • 37': Attempt blocked. Kostakis Artymatas (Cyprus) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Anthony Georgiou.
    • 37': Corner, Cyprus. Conceded by Enrico Golinucci.
    • 38': Attempt saved. Ioannis Kousoulos (Cyprus) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Fotis Papoulis.
    • 41': Corner, Cyprus. Conceded by Davide Simoncini.
    • 43': Foul by Mattia Giardi (San Marino).
    • 43': Nikolas Ioannou (Cyprus) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 45': Danilo Rinaldi (San Marino) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 45': Foul by Anthony Georgiou (Cyprus).
    • 45'+1': First Half ends, Cyprus 4, San Marino 0.
    • 45': Second Half begins Cyprus 4, San Marino 0.
    • 45': Substitution, San Marino. Adolfo Hirsch replaces Danilo Rinaldi.
    • 45': Substitution, San Marino. Matteo Vitaioli replaces Nicola Nanni.
    • 48': Foul by Matteo Vitaioli (San Marino).
    • 48': Kostakis Artymatas (Cyprus) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 49': Corner, Cyprus. Conceded by Filippo Berardi.
    • 49': Corner, Cyprus. Conceded by Davide Simoncini.
    • 50': Attempt blocked. Nestoras Mytidis (Cyprus) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
    • 50': Offside, Cyprus. Nestoras Mytidis tries a through ball, but Nikolas Ioannou is caught offside.
    • 52': Filippo Berardi (San Marino) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 52': Foul by Kostas Laifis (Cyprus).
    • 53': Offside, San Marino. Mattia Giardi tries a through ball, but Matteo Vitaioli is caught offside.
    • 54': Substitution, Cyprus. Matija Spoljaric replaces Fotis Papoulis.
    • 55': Corner, Cyprus. Conceded by Davide Simoncini.
    • 56': Goal! Cyprus 5, San Marino 0. Kostas Laifis (Cyprus) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner following a corner.
    • 57': Corner, Cyprus. Conceded by Michele Cevoli.
    • 58': Offside, Cyprus. Nikolas Ioannou tries a through ball, but Anthony Georgiou is caught offside.
    • 59': Adolfo Hirsch (San Marino) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 59': Foul by Ioannis Kousoulos (Cyprus).
    • 60': Corner, Cyprus. Conceded by Mirko Palazzi.
    • 64': Attempt missed. Anthony Georgiou (Cyprus) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Nikolas Ioannou.
    • 65': Substitution, Cyprus. Giorgos Merkis replaces Jason Demetriou.
    • 65': Foul by Adolfo Hirsch (San Marino).
    • 65': Ioannis Kousoulos (Cyprus) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 66': Attempt missed. Georgios Efrem (Cyprus) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Kostas Laifis.
    • 67': Offside, San Marino. Filippo Berardi tries a through ball, but Matteo Vitaioli is caught offside.
    • 69': Filippo Berardi (San Marino) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 69': Foul by Matija Spoljaric (Cyprus).
    • 70': Attempt blocked. Anthony Georgiou (Cyprus) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
    • 70': Adolfo Hirsch (San Marino) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 70': Foul by Andreas Makris (Cyprus).
    • 71': Anthony Georgiou (Cyprus) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 71': Foul by Mirko Palazzi (San Marino).
    • 71': Mirko Palazzi (San Marino) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 73': Attempt missed. Anthony Georgiou (Cyprus) left footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left.
    • 73': Attempt saved. Kostas Laifis (Cyprus) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner.
    • 73': Corner, Cyprus. Conceded by Elia Benedettini.
    • 74': Substitution, San Marino. Lorenzo Lunadei replaces Mattia Giardi.
    • 75': Attempt missed. Enrico Golinucci (San Marino) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Filippo Berardi following a fast break.
    • 79': Corner, Cyprus. Conceded by Filippo Berardi.
    • 79': Attempt saved. Kostakis Artymatas (Cyprus) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Anthony Georgiou with a cross.
    • 81': Delay in match Marcello Mularoni (San Marino) because of an injury.
    • 82': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 83': Attempt saved. Anthony Georgiou (Cyprus) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
    • 83': Corner, Cyprus. Conceded by Adolfo Hirsch.
    • 86': Delay in match Matteo Vitaioli (San Marino) because of an injury.
    • 87': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 89': Attempt blocked. Anthony Georgiou (Cyprus) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Matija Spoljaric.
    • 89': Attempt blocked. Andreas Makris (Cyprus) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
    • 89': Attempt missed. Nikolas Ioannou (Cyprus) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left.
    • 90'+1': Attempt missed. Matija Spoljaric (Cyprus) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Andreas Makris.
    • 90'+2': Attempt missed. Ioannis Kousoulos (Cyprus) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right.
    • 90'+5': Second Half ends, Cyprus 5, San Marino 0.
    • 90'+5': Match ends, Cyprus 5, San Marino 0.

    Statistics

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    11 Fouls 7
    4 Yellow Cards 0
    0 Red Cards 0
    2 Offsides 2
    0 Corner Kicks 12
    5 Saves 0
    21.2 Possession 78.8
    1 SHOTS 32
    0 ON GOAL 10
    0.0 On Target % 0.3
    0 Penalty Goals 2
    0 Penalty Kicks Taken 2
    108 Accurate Passes 586
    181 Passes 647
    0.6 Pass Completion % 0.9
    1 Accurate Crosses 8
    2 Crosses 41
    0.5 Cross % 0.2
    43 Long Balls 70
    9 Accurate Long Balls 56
    0.2 Long Balls % 0.8
    0 Blocked Shots 10
    12 Effective Tackles 7
    17 Tackles 10
    0.7 Tackle % 0.7
    16 Interceptions 3
    53 Effective Clearances 1
    53 Clearances 1

    Game Information

    Competition: UEFA European Championship Qualifying

    Venue: GSP Stadium
    Location: Nicosia, Cyprus
    Attendance: 3,175

    EURO Qualifying Standings

    # TEAM GP GD PTS
    1 Romania 10 +11 22
    2 Switzerland 10 +11 17
    3 Israel 10 0 15
    4 Belarus 10 -5 12
    Full Standings

    Line-Ups

    CYP Cyprus (4-4-2)

    No. Name
    1 Konstantinos Panagi (GK)
    19 Konstantinos Laifis
    13 Ioannis Kousoulos
    3 Nicholas Ioannou
    6 Jason Demetriou
    18 Kostakis Artymatas
    15 Fotis Papoulis
    7 Georgios Efrem
    21 Anthony Georgiou
    10 Pieros Soteriou
    9 Nestoras Mytides
    Cyprus Substitutes:
    Urko Pardo, Andreas Makris, Neophytos Michael, Grigoris Kastanos, Margaça, Matija Spoljaric, Giorgos Vasiliou, Minas Antoniou, Andreas Avraam, Christos Wheeler, Dossa Júnior, Giorgos Merkis.

    SMR San Marino (5-3-2)

    No. Name
    23 Elia Benedettini (GK)
    6 Davide Simoncini Yellow Card
    3 Mirko Palazzi Yellow Card
    14 Michele Cevoli
    16 Danilo Rinaldi
    11 Manuel Battistini
    21 Enrico Golinucci Yellow Card
    9 Marcello Mularoni
    10 Mattia Giardi Yellow Card
    8 Nicola Nanni
    18 Filippo Berardi
    San Marino Substitutes:
    Andrea Grandoni, Michael Battistini, Lorenzo Lunadei, Luca Censoni, Alessandro Golinucci, Cristian Brolli, Matteo Vitaioli, Matteo Zavoli, Simone Benedettini, Adolfo Hirsch, Fabio Tomassini, Davide Cesarini.

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