Estonia vs Cyprus, 2020-21 UEFA Nations League, Relegation Playoffs

· 1st Leg

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1st Leg

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Estonia are hosting Cyprus at A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn, Estonia, starting on . The match is a part of the UEFA Nations League.

Match Timeline

0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
0': First Half begins.
2': Charalambos Kyriakou (Cyprus) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
2': Foul by Henri Anier (Estonia).
3': Foul by Vladislav Kreida (Estonia).
3': Grigoris Kastanos (Cyprus) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
5': Charalambos Kyriakou (Cyprus) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
5': Foul by Henri Anier (Estonia).
7': Foul by Nikolas Panagiotou (Cyprus).
7': Rauno Sappinen (Estonia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
9': Foul by Grigoris Kastanos (Cyprus).
9': Konstantin Vassiljev (Estonia) wins a free kick on the right wing.
10': Attempt missed. Rauno Sappinen (Estonia) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Konstantin Vassiljev with a cross following a set piece situation.
10': Offside, Estonia. Rauno Sappinen tries a through ball, but Mattias Käit is caught offside.
12': Offside, Cyprus. Nicolas Ioannou tries a through ball, but Ioannis Pittas is caught offside.
12': Foul by Mattias Käit (Estonia).
12': Ioannis Pittas (Cyprus) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
13': Attempt blocked. Pieros Sotiriou (Cyprus) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Ioannis Pittas with a headed pass.
19': Foul by Grigoris Kastanos (Cyprus).
19': Rauno Sappinen (Estonia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
20': Attempt blocked. Maksim Paskotsi (Estonia) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Rauno Sappinen.
21': Foul by Rauno Sappinen (Estonia).
21': Nikolas Panagiotou (Cyprus) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
22': Attempt blocked. Kostakis Artymatas (Cyprus) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
22': Fotios Papoulis (Cyprus) hits the bar with a right footed shot from outside the box. Assisted by Kostakis Artymatas.
25': Foul by Rauno Sappinen (Estonia).
25': Nikolas Panagiotou (Cyprus) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
26': Foul by Mattias Käit (Estonia).
26': Minas Antoniou (Cyprus) wins a free kick on the right wing.
28': Foul by Pieros Sotiriou (Cyprus).
28': Vladislav Kreida (Estonia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
28': Foul by Joonas Tamm (Estonia).
28': Ioannis Pittas (Cyprus) wins a free kick on the left wing.
29': Corner, Cyprus. Conceded by Henrik Ojamaa.
38': Corner, Cyprus. Conceded by Maksim Paskotsi.
39': Foul by Kostakis Artymatas (Cyprus).
39': Rauno Sappinen (Estonia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
39': Kostakis Artymatas (Cyprus) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
41': Foul by Henri Anier (Estonia).
41': Kostakis Artymatas (Cyprus) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
42': Attempt saved. Ioannis Pittas (Cyprus) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Grigoris Kastanos.
43': Attempt missed. Pieros Sotiriou (Cyprus) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Nicolas Ioannou with a cross.
44': Corner, Estonia. Conceded by Minas Antoniou.
45': Attempt blocked. Rauno Sappinen (Estonia) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Konstantin Vassiljev with a cross.
45': Corner, Estonia. Conceded by Nikolas Panagiotou.
45'+1': First Half ends, Estonia 0, Cyprus 0.
45': Second Half begins Estonia 0, Cyprus 0.
46': Foul by Pieros Sotiriou (Cyprus).
46': Joonas Tamm (Estonia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
49': Foul by Henri Anier (Estonia).
49': Nicolas Ioannou (Cyprus) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
50': Alexandros Gogic (Cyprus) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
50': Foul by Henri Anier (Estonia).
51': VAR Decision: No Penalty Estonia.
53': Corner, Estonia. Conceded by Nicolas Ioannou.
54': Attempt missed. Henrik Ojamaa (Estonia) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right following a corner.
55': Foul by Pieros Sotiriou (Cyprus).
55': Vladislav Kreida (Estonia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
57': Foul by Minas Antoniou (Cyprus).
57': Rauno Sappinen (Estonia) wins a free kick on the left wing.
57': Minas Antoniou (Cyprus) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
59': Alexandros Gogic (Cyprus) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
59': Foul by Rauno Sappinen (Estonia).
60': Attempt missed. Grigoris Kastanos (Cyprus) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Pieros Sotiriou.
61': Foul by Rauno Sappinen (Estonia).
61': Grigoris Kastanos (Cyprus) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
62': Rauno Sappinen (Estonia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
63': Foul by Fotios Papoulis (Cyprus).
63': Ragnar Klavan (Estonia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
64': Foul by Kostakis Artymatas (Cyprus).
64': Rauno Sappinen (Estonia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
64': Attempt missed. Mattias Käit (Estonia) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right following a set piece situation.
66': Attempt missed. Konstantin Vassiljev (Estonia) right footed shot from more than 40 yards on the right wing is too high.
67': Foul by Pieros Sotiriou (Cyprus).
67': Vladislav Kreida (Estonia) wins a free kick on the right wing.
67': Attempt missed. Henri Anier (Estonia) left footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Mattias Käit.
69': Attempt blocked. Grigoris Kastanos (Cyprus) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Charalambos Kyriakou.
70': Substitution, Cyprus. Dimitrios Christofi replaces Ioannis Pittas.
71': Corner, Cyprus. Conceded by Vladislav Kreida.
71': Attempt saved. Minas Antoniou (Cyprus) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Grigoris Kastanos with a cross.
72': Foul by Henri Anier (Estonia).
72': Kostakis Artymatas (Cyprus) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
72': Substitution, Estonia. Sergei Zenjov replaces Henri Anier.
73': Foul by Vladislav Kreida (Estonia).
73': Grigoris Kastanos (Cyprus) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
73': Vladislav Kreida (Estonia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
74': Foul by Fotios Papoulis (Cyprus).
74': Rauno Sappinen (Estonia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
74': Fotios Papoulis (Cyprus) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
75': Attempt blocked. Mattias Käit (Estonia) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Henrik Ojamaa with a cross.
76': Attempt missed. Nicolas Ioannou (Cyprus) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Dimitrios Christofi following a fast break.
77': Corner, Estonia. Conceded by Nikolas Panagiotou.
79': Foul by Kostakis Artymatas (Cyprus).
79': Rauno Sappinen (Estonia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
80': Substitution, Estonia. Sander Puri replaces Maksim Paskotsi.
81': Attempt saved. Rauno Sappinen (Estonia) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Sergei Zenjov.
84': Offside, Estonia. Konstantin Vassiljev tries a through ball, but Rauno Sappinen is caught offside.
84': GOAL OVERTURNED BY VAR: Rauno Sappinen (Estonia) scores but the goal is ruled out after a VAR review.
87': VAR Decision: No Goal Estonia 0-0 Cyprus.
89': Hand ball by Dimitrios Christofi (Cyprus).
90'+1': Foul by Grigoris Kastanos (Cyprus).
90'+1': Vladislav Kreida (Estonia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90'+2': Substitution, Cyprus. Danilo Spoljaric replaces Fotios Papoulis.
90'+3': Substitution, Cyprus. Andronikos Kakoullis replaces Pieros Sotiriou.
90'+3': Substitution, Estonia. Erik Sorga replaces Rauno Sappinen.
90'+6': Attempt missed. Andronikos Kakoullis (Cyprus) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Minas Antoniou following a fast break.
90'+7': Second Half ends, Estonia 0, Cyprus 0.
0': Match ends, Estonia 0, Cyprus 0.

Statistics

CYP		EST
15	Fouls	15
3	Yellow Cards	2
0	Red Cards	0
1	Offsides	2
3	Corner Kicks	4
1	Saves	2
40.1	Possession	59.9
10	SHOTS	9
2	ON GOAL	1
0.2	On Target %	0.1
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
214	Accurate Passes	373
311	Passes	471
0.7	Pass Completion %	0.8
4	Accurate Crosses	3
15	Crosses	12
0.3	Cross %	0.3
71	Long Balls	70
24	Accurate Long Balls	32
0.3	Long Balls %	0.5
3	Blocked Shots	3
7	Effective Tackles	10
12	Tackles	16
0.6	Tackle %	0.6
5	Interceptions	13
24	Effective Clearances	12
24	Clearances	12

Game Information

Competition: UEFA Nations League

Venue: A. Le Coq Arena
Location: Tallinn, Estonia
Attendance: 5,366

Line-Ups

Estonia (5-3-2)

No.	Name
22	Matvei Igonen (GK)
15	Ragnar Klavan
18	Karol Mets
16	Joonas Tamm
11	Henrik Ojamaa
2	Maksim Paskotši
5	Vladislav Kreida
4	Mattias Käit
14	Konstantin Vassiljev
17	Rauno Sappinen
8	Henri Anier

Estonia Substitutes:

Mihkel Aksalu, Markus Soomets, Erik Sorga, Marco Lukka, Vlasiy Sinyavskiy, Robert Kirss, Henrik Pürg, Sander Puri, Sergei Zenjov, Martin Miller, Marko Meerits.

Cyprus (3-4-3)

No.	Name
22	Neophytos Michael (GK)
6	Alexander Gogic
13	Nikolas Panagiotou
8	Charis Kyriakou
20	Grigoris Kastanos
18	Kostakis Artymatas
4	Nicholas Ioannou
7	Minas Antoniou
10	Pieros Soteriou
23	Ioannis Pittas
15	Fotis Papoulis

Cyprus Substitutes:

Andreas Avraam, Charalampos Charalampous, Danilo Spoljaric, Demetris Christofi, Vangelis Kyriakou, Andreas Christodoulou, Stelios Andreou, Costas Soteriou, Andronikos Kakoulis, Demetris Theodorou, Marinos Tzionis, Ioakeim Toumpas.

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