UEFA Nations League

Cyprus vs Romania, 2024-25 UEFA Nations League, Group Stage

· UEFA Nations League
Cyprus
    FT
    0 - 3
    Romania
    • 16': Dennis Man
    • 25': Razvan Marin (P)
    • 36': Radu Dragusin

    About

    Cyprus are hosting Romania at AEK Arena, Larnaca, Cyprus, 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': Attempt saved. Minas Antoniou (Cyprus) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
    • 3': Delay in match because of an injury Minas Antoniou (Cyprus).
    • 5': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 11': Foul by Ioannis Kousoulos (Cyprus).
    • 11': Nicolae Stanciu (Romania) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 11': Ioannis Kousoulos (Cyprus) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 12': Attempt saved. Nicolae Stanciu (Romania) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
    • 14': Offside, Cyprus. Ioannis Pittas is caught offside.
    • 16': Attempt blocked. Nicolae Stanciu (Romania) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Razvan Marin.
    • 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.
    • 18': Foul by Nicolae Stanciu (Romania).
    • 18': Kostakis Artymatas (Cyprus) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 19': Attempt saved. Grigoris Kastanos (Cyprus) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Nicholas Ioannou.
    • 20': Dennis Man (Romania) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 20': Foul by Grigoris Kastanos (Cyprus).
    • 23': Penalty Romania. Valentin Mihaila draws a foul in the penalty area.
    • 23': Penalty conceded by Konstantinos Laifis (Cyprus) after a foul in the penalty area.
    • 24': Konstantinos Laifis (Cyprus) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 25': Goal! Cyprus 0, Romania 2. Razvan Marin (Romania) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the top right corner.
    • 27': Attempt blocked. Valentin Mihaila (Romania) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Denis Dragus.
    • 29': Attempt blocked. Marinos Tzionis (Cyprus) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Nicholas Ioannou.
    • 29': Corner, Cyprus. Conceded by Marius Marin.
    • 30': Attempt missed. Marinos Tzionis (Cyprus) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Nicholas Ioannou with a cross following a corner.
    • 30': Foul by Razvan Marin (Romania).
    • 30': Marinos Tzionis (Cyprus) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 31': Grigoris Kastanos (Cyprus) is shown the yellow card.
    • 32': Delay in match because of an injury Minas Antoniou (Cyprus).
    • 33': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 33': Substitution, Cyprus. Marios Stylianou replaces Minas Antoniou because of an injury.
    • 33': Attempt saved. Grigoris Kastanos (Cyprus) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
    • 34': Foul by Kostakis Artymatas (Cyprus).
    • 34': Nicusor Bancu (Romania) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 36': Attempt blocked. Nicolae Stanciu (Romania) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
    • 36': Corner, Romania. Conceded by Nikolas Panagiotou.
    • 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.
    • 38': Foul by Grigoris Kastanos (Cyprus).
    • 38': Radu Dragusin (Romania) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 41': Attempt saved. Valentin Mihaila (Romania) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Dennis Man.
    • 41': Attempt saved. Denis Dragus (Romania) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
    • 41': Foul by Nicusor Bancu (Romania).
    • 41': Loizos Loizou (Cyprus) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 41': Nicusor Bancu (Romania) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 42': Foul by Andrei Ratiu (Romania).
    • 42': Marinos Tzionis (Cyprus) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 43': Foul by Dennis Man (Romania).
    • 43': Ioannis Kousoulos (Cyprus) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 43': Attempt missed. Loizos Loizou (Cyprus) left footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Nicholas Ioannou with a cross.
    • 44': Delay in match because of an injury Radu Dragusin (Romania).
    • 44': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 45': Foul by Marius Marin (Romania).
    • 45': Marinos Tzionis (Cyprus) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 45': Fourth official has announced 5 minutes of added time.
    • 45'+2': Foul by Marios Stylianou (Cyprus).
    • 45'+2': Valentin Mihaila (Romania) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 45'+4': Foul by Andrei Ratiu (Romania).
    • 45'+4': Marinos Tzionis (Cyprus) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 45'+4': Offside, Romania. Dennis Man is caught offside.
    • 45'+5': Foul by Dennis Man (Romania).
    • 45'+5': Nicholas Ioannou (Cyprus) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 45'+6': Dennis Man (Romania) is shown the yellow card.
    • 45'+6': First Half ends, Cyprus 0, Romania 3.
    • 45': Second Half begins Cyprus 0, Romania 3.
    • 45': Substitution, Cyprus. Charalampos Charalampous replaces Ioannis Kousoulos.
    • 45': Substitution, Cyprus. Marios Ilia replaces Marinos Tzionis.
    • 45': Substitution, Cyprus. Pieros Sotiriou replaces Loizos Loizou.
    • 46': Foul by Marios Stylianou (Cyprus).
    • 46': Marius Marin (Romania) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 48': Offside, Cyprus. Ioannis Pittas is caught offside.
    • 49': Charalampos Charalampous (Cyprus) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 49': Foul by Marius Marin (Romania).
    • 50': Attempt blocked. Grigoris Kastanos (Cyprus) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
    • 52': Foul by Marios Stylianou (Cyprus).
    • 52': Marius Marin (Romania) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 54': Attempt blocked. Dennis Man (Romania) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Andrei Ratiu.
    • 54': Corner, Romania. Conceded by Nikolas Panagiotou.
    • 55': Andrei Ratiu (Romania) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 55': Foul by Nicholas Ioannou (Cyprus).
    • 56': Corner, Romania. Conceded by Marios Stylianou.
    • 57': Corner, Romania. Conceded by Nicholas Ioannou.
    • 58': Attempt missed. Denis Dragus (Romania) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Dennis Man following a corner.
    • 58': Attempt saved. Denis Dragus (Romania) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
    • 59': Attempt saved. Denis Dragus (Romania) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Valentin Mihaila.
    • 59': Corner, Romania. Conceded by Nikolas Panagiotou.
    • 60': Attempt blocked. Valentin Mihaila (Romania) right footed shot from long range on the left is blocked. Assisted by Nicolae Stanciu.
    • 61': Attempt missed. Denis Dragus (Romania) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Razvan Marin with a through ball.
    • 62': Attempt missed. Nicolae Stanciu (Romania) right footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Valentin Mihaila.
    • 62': Foul by Pieros Sotiriou (Cyprus).
    • 62': Razvan Marin (Romania) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 62': Pieros Sotiriou (Cyprus) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 63': Substitution, Romania. Alexandru Chipciu replaces Nicusor Bancu.
    • 63': Substitution, Romania. Darius Olaru replaces Razvan Marin.
    • 64': Attempt missed. Denis Dragus (Romania) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Marius Marin.
    • 65': Attempt saved. Charalampos Charalampous (Cyprus) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Nicholas Ioannou.
    • 66': Attempt missed. Kostakis Artymatas (Cyprus) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left.
    • 68': Foul by Pieros Sotiriou (Cyprus).
    • 68': Valentin Mihaila (Romania) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 71': Foul by Denis Dragus (Romania).
    • 71': Kostakis Artymatas (Cyprus) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 72': Substitution, Romania. George Puscas replaces Denis Dragus.
    • 72': Substitution, Romania. Ianis Hagi replaces Dennis Man.
    • 75': Foul by Andrei Burca (Romania).
    • 75': Pieros Sotiriou (Cyprus) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 75': Substitution, Cyprus. Andreas Makris replaces Grigoris Kastanos.
    • 77': Attempt missed. Andreas Makris (Cyprus) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Charalampos Charalampous with a cross.
    • 80': Attempt blocked. Ioannis Pittas (Cyprus) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Charalampos Charalampous.
    • 80': Corner, Cyprus. Conceded by Marius Marin.
    • 80': Corner, Cyprus. Conceded by George Puscas.
    • 81': Attempt missed. Marios Ilia (Cyprus) right footed shot from outside the box is too high.
    • 82': Substitution, Romania. Virgil Ghita replaces Radu Dragusin.
    • 82': Foul by Valentin Mihaila (Romania).
    • 82': Marios Stylianou (Cyprus) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 83': Attempt missed. Konstantinos Laifis (Cyprus) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Charalampos Charalampous following a set piece situation.
    • 85': Foul by Darius Olaru (Romania).
    • 85': Kostakis Artymatas (Cyprus) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 85': Corner, Cyprus. Conceded by Virgil Ghita.
    • 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.
    • 86': Corner, Romania. Conceded by Joël Mall.
    • 87': Attempt saved. Darius Olaru (Romania) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Ianis Hagi.
    • 87': Attempt blocked. Marius Marin (Romania) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
    • 87': Offside, Romania. Valentin Mihaila is caught offside.
    • 88': Andreas Makris (Cyprus) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 88': Foul by Darius Olaru (Romania).
    • 90': Fourth official has announced 2 minutes of added time.
    • 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'+2': Second Half ends, Cyprus 0, Romania 3.
    • 0': Match ends, Cyprus 0, Romania 3.

    Statistics

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    14 Fouls 11
    2 Yellow Cards 4
    0 Red Cards 0
    2 Offsides 2
    6 Corner Kicks 4
    4 Saves 6
    57.6 Possession 42.4
    19 SHOTS 15
    9 ON GOAL 4
    0.5 On Target % 0.3
    1 Penalty Goals 0
    1 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
    432 Accurate Passes 292
    509 Passes 362
    0.8 Pass Completion % 0.8
    1 Accurate Crosses 6
    8 Crosses 17
    0.1 Cross % 0.4
    58 Long Balls 33
    29 Accurate Long Balls 14
    0.5 Long Balls % 0.4
    6 Blocked Shots 3
    8 Effective Tackles 14
    18 Tackles 27
    0.4 Tackle % 0.5
    8 Interceptions 9
    18 Effective Clearances 17
    18 Clearances 17

    Game Information

    Competition: UEFA Nations League

    Venue: AEK Arena
    Location: Larnaca, Cyprus
    Attendance: 6,092

    UEFA Nations League Table

    # TEAM GP GD PTS
    1 Romania 4 +9 12
    2 Kosovo 4 +5 9
    3 Cyprus 4 -9 3
    4 Lithuania 4 -5 0
    Full Table

    Line-Ups

    CYP Cyprus (4-2-3-1)

    No. Name
    1 Joël Mall (GK)
    3 Nikolas Panagiotou
    19 Konstantinos Laifis Yellow Card
    4 Nicholas Ioannou
    7 Minas Antoniou
    20 Grigoris Kastanos Yellow Card
    8 Ioannis Kousoulos Yellow Card
    18 Kostakis Artymatas
    9 Ioannis Pittas
    21 Marinos Tzionis
    17 Loizos Loizou
    Cyprus Substitutes:
    Neophytos Michael, Charalampos Charalampous, Pieros Soteriou, Andreas Makris, Andreas Karo, Kostas Pileas, Andreas Chrysostomou, Marios Elia, Dimitris Dimitriou, Alexander Gogic, Marios Stylianou, Stelios Andreou.

    ROU Romania (4-3-3)

    No. Name
    1 Florin Nita (GK)
    15 Andrei Burca
    3 Radu Dragusin
    11 Nicusor Bancu Yellow Card
    2 Andrei Ratiu
    6 Marius Marin
    10 Nicolae Stanciu
    18 Razvan Marin
    19 Denis Dragus
    13 Valentin Mihaila
    20 Dennis Man
    Romania Substitutes:
    Cristian Manea, Darius Olaru, George Puscas, Alexandru Chipciu, Deian Sorescu, Florinel Coman, Ianis Hagi, Stefan Tarnovanu, Denis Alibec, Virgil Ghita, Alexandru Mitrita, Horatiu Moldovan.

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