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FIFA #52 · 3-0-0
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Romania beat Cyprus
Romania3-0-0 3 – 0 Cyprus1-0-2
FT · Sat, Oct 12

Match Details

AEK Arena (Larnaca) · 6,092 fans View tournament bracket →

Commentary

  • ·Match ends, Cyprus 0, Romania 3.
  • 90'+2'Second Half ends, Cyprus 0, Romania 3.
  • 90'+2'Attempt missed. Pieros Sotiriou (Cyprus) left footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Marios Stylianou.
  • 90'Fourth official has announced 2 minutes of added time.
  • 88'Foul by Darius Olaru (Romania).
  • 88'Andreas Makris (Cyprus) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 87'Offside, Romania. Valentin Mihaila is caught offside.
  • 87'Attempt blocked. Marius Marin (Romania) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  • 87'Attempt saved. Darius Olaru (Romania) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Ianis Hagi.
  • 86'Corner, Romania. Conceded by Joël Mall.
  • 86'Attempt missed. Pieros Sotiriou (Cyprus) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Charalampos Charalampous with a cross following a corner.
  • 85'Corner, Cyprus. Conceded by Virgil Ghita.

Line Score

12T
ROU 30 3
CYP 00 0

Match Leaders

Romania
Cyprus

Key Events

82'Substitution, Romania. Virgil Ghita replaces Radu Dragusin.
75'Substitution, Cyprus. Andreas Makris replaces Grigoris Kastanos.
72'Substitution, Romania. Ianis Hagi replaces Dennis Man.
72'Substitution, Romania. George Puscas replaces Denis Dragus.
63'Substitution, Romania. Darius Olaru replaces Razvan Marin.
63'Substitution, Romania. Alexandru Chipciu replaces Nicusor Bancu.
62'Pieros Sotiriou (Cyprus) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
45'Substitution, Cyprus. Pieros Sotiriou replaces Loizos Loizou.
45'Substitution, Cyprus. Charalampos Charalampous replaces Ioannis Kousoulos.
45'Substitution, Cyprus. Marios Ilia replaces Marinos Tzionis.
45'+6'Dennis Man (Romania) is shown the yellow card.
41'Nicusor Bancu (Romania) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
36'Goal! Cyprus 0, Romania 3. Radu Dragusin (Romania) header from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Dennis Man with a cross following a corner.
33'Substitution, Cyprus. Marios Stylianou replaces Minas Antoniou because of an injury.
31'Grigoris Kastanos (Cyprus) is shown the yellow card.
25'Goal! Cyprus 0, Romania 2. Razvan Marin (Romania) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the top right corner.
24'Konstantinos Laifis (Cyprus) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
16'Goal! Cyprus 0, Romania 1. Dennis Man (Romania) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the bottom left corner.
11'Ioannis Kousoulos (Cyprus) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

Team Stats

RomaniaCyprus
General
57.6 Possession % 42.4
19 Shots 15
9 On Target 4
2 Offsides 2
6 Corners 4
14 Fouls 11
Passing & Defense
432 Passes Completed 292
1 Crosses Won 6
8 Tackles Won 14
8 Interceptions 9
18 Clearances 17
Discipline
2 Yellow Cards 4
0 Red Cards 0
4 Saves 6

Recent Form

Cyprus L L W W L
Romania L D L W W

Starting Lineups

Cyprus4-2-3-1
1 Mall
7 Antoniou 19 Laifis 3 Panagiotou 4 Ioannou
18 Artymatas 8 Kousoulos
17 Loizou 20 Kastanos 21 Tzionis
9 Pittas
13 Mihaila 19 Dragus 20 Man 16'A
10 Stanciu 6 Marin 18 Marin 25'
11 Bancu 15 Burca 3 Dragusin 36' 2 Ratiu
1 Nita
Romania4-3-3
Full lineups and substitutes

Cyprus

  1. JM #1 Joël MallG
  2. NP #3 Nikolas PanagiotouCD-L
  3. KL #19 Konstantinos LaifisCD-R
  4. NI #4 Nicholas IoannouLB
  5. MA #7 Minas AntoniouRB
  6. GK #20 Grigoris KastanosAM
  7. IK #8 Ioannis KousoulosLM
  8. KA #18 Kostakis ArtymatasRM
  9. IP #9 Ioannis PittasF
  10. #21 Marinos TzionisAM-L
  11. LL #17 Loizos LoizouAM-R
Substitutes · 5 used

Romania

  1. FN #1 Florin NitaG
  2. AB #15 Andrei BurcaCD-L
  3. RD #3 Radu DragusinCD-R36'
  4. NB #11 Nicusor BancuLB
  5. #2 Andrei RatiuRB
  6. MM #6 Marius MarinCM
  7. NS #10 Nicolae StanciuLM
  8. RM #18 Razvan MarinRM25'
  9. DD #19 Denis DragusF
  10. VM #13 Valentin MihailaLF
  11. #20 Dennis ManRF16'
Substitutes · 5 used

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