Romania vs Cyprus, 2024-25 UEFA Nations League, Group Stage
· UEFA Nations League
77': Konstantinos LaifisAbout
Romania are hosting Cyprus
at National Arena, Bucharest, Romania, 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': Goal! Romania 1, Cyprus 0. Daniel Bîrligea (Romania) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Valentin Mihaila with a through ball.
- 4': Foul by Valentin Mihaila (Romania).
- 4': Loizos Loizou (Cyprus) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 4': Foul by Stélios Andreou (Cyprus).
- 4': Marius Marin (Romania) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 7': Foul by Razvan Marin (Romania).
- 7': Marinos Tzionis (Cyprus) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 8': Foul by Daniel Bîrligea (Romania).
- 8': Konstantinos Laifis (Cyprus) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 9': Foul by Marius Marin (Romania).
- 9': Marinos Tzionis (Cyprus) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 10': Foul by Daniel Bîrligea (Romania).
- 10': Loizos Loizou (Cyprus) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 11': Andrei Ratiu (Romania) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 11': Foul by Kostakis Artymatas (Cyprus).
- 11': Foul by Pieros Sotiriou (Cyprus).
- 11': Valentin Mihaila (Romania) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 15': Foul by Andreas Karo (Cyprus).
- 15': Nicusor Bancu (Romania) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 15': Andreas Karo (Cyprus) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 17': Attempt missed. Ianis Hagi (Romania) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left from a direct free kick.
- 19': Attempt blocked. Ianis Hagi (Romania) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Darius Olaru.
- 19': Attempt missed. Daniel Bîrligea (Romania) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Ianis Hagi.
- 22': Delay in match because of an injury Darius Olaru (Romania).
- 22': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 23': Attempt saved. Pieros Sotiriou (Cyprus) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Loizos Loizou.
- 24': Corner, Romania. Conceded by Andreas Karo.
- 24': Attempt saved. Andrei Ratiu (Romania) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Ianis Hagi with a cross.
- 24': Corner, Romania. Conceded by Demetris Demetriou.
- 27': Attempt missed. Ianis Hagi (Romania) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Razvan Marin with a cross.
- 30': Foul by Ianis Hagi (Romania).
- 30': Konstantinos Laifis (Cyprus) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 31': Foul by Danilo Spoljaric (Cyprus).
- 31': Valentin Mihaila (Romania) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 34': Corner, Romania. Conceded by Andreas Karo.
- 35': Corner, Cyprus. Conceded by Andrei Ratiu.
- 36': Foul by Danilo Spoljaric (Cyprus).
- 36': Valentin Mihaila (Romania) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 36': Delay in match because of an injury Valentin Mihaila (Romania).
- 37': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 38': Danilo Spoljaric (Cyprus) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 38': Foul by Marius Marin (Romania).
- 41': Attempt saved. Daniel Bîrligea (Romania) right footed shot from very close range is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Ianis Hagi.
- 41': Goal! Romania 2, Cyprus 0. Razvan Marin (Romania) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal.
- 43': Attempt saved. Marinos Tzionis (Cyprus) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the top left corner.
- 45': Foul by Pieros Sotiriou (Cyprus).
- 45': Nicusor Bancu (Romania) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 45': Fourth official has announced 1 minutes of added time.
- 45'+1': First Half ends, Romania 2, Cyprus 0.
- 45': Second Half begins Romania 2, Cyprus 0.
- 45': Substitution, Cyprus. Charalampos Charalampous replaces Danilo Spoljaric.
- 45': Substitution, Cyprus. Ioannis Pittas replaces Andronikos Kakoullis.
- 45': Substitution, Cyprus. Minas Antoniou replaces Andreas Karo.
- 48': Attempt blocked. Loizos Loizou (Cyprus) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Pieros Sotiriou with a cross.
- 48': Corner, Cyprus. Conceded by Alexandru Pascanu.
- 49': Attempt missed. Andrei Ratiu (Romania) right footed shot from outside the box is too high.
- 50': Attempt blocked. Valentin Mihaila (Romania) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Razvan Marin.
- 52': Attempt blocked. Ioannis Pittas (Cyprus) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Marinos Tzionis.
- 52': Goal! Romania 2, Cyprus 1. Ioannis Pittas (Cyprus) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner.
- 53': Minas Antoniou (Cyprus) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 56': Attempt saved. Darius Olaru (Romania) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
- 57': Attempt blocked. Loizos Loizou (Cyprus) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Minas Antoniou.
- 57': Attempt missed. Charalampos Charalampous (Cyprus) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Pieros Sotiriou.
- 59': Foul by Konstantinos Laifis (Cyprus).
- 59': Ianis Hagi (Romania) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 60': Offside, Romania. Daniel Bîrligea is caught offside.
- 62': Attempt saved. Ioannis Pittas (Cyprus) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Pieros Sotiriou.
- 62': Delay in match because of an injury Florin Nita (Romania).
- 65': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 66': Substitution, Romania. Adrian Sut replaces Darius Olaru.
- 67': Substitution, Romania. Florinel Coman replaces Marius Marin.
- 67': Substitution, Romania. Stefan Târnovanu replaces Florin Nita because of an injury.
- 68': Substitution, Romania. Andrei Burca replaces Radu Dragusin.
- 68': Foul by Daniel Bîrligea (Romania).
- 68': Kostakis Artymatas (Cyprus) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 69': Offside, Cyprus. Loizos Loizou is caught offside.
- 70': Foul by Daniel Bîrligea (Romania).
- 70': Konstantinos Laifis (Cyprus) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 72': Attempt saved. Ianis Hagi (Romania) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Florinel Coman.
- 72': Foul by Ianis Hagi (Romania).
- 72': Kostakis Artymatas (Cyprus) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 73': Attempt missed. Razvan Marin (Romania) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Nicusor Bancu.
- 74': Foul by Konstantinos Laifis (Cyprus).
- 74': Valentin Mihaila (Romania) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 74': Konstantinos Laifis (Cyprus) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 74': Substitution, Cyprus. Andreas Makris replaces Marinos Tzionis.
- 75': Attempt missed. Andrei Ratiu (Romania) right footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Valentin Mihaila following a set piece situation.
- 75': Attempt missed. Daniel Bîrligea (Romania) header from very close range is just a bit too high. Assisted by Andrei Ratiu following a set piece situation.
- 76': Anderson Correia de Barros (Cyprus) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 76': Foul by Valentin Mihaila (Romania).
- 77': Foul by Konstantinos Laifis (Cyprus).
- 77': Razvan Marin (Romania) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 77': Second yellow card to Konstantinos Laifis (Cyprus) for a bad foul.
- 79': Attempt saved. Valentin Mihaila (Romania) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top left corner.
- 79': Corner, Romania. Conceded by Demetris Demetriou.
- 79': Substitution, Cyprus. Nikolas Panagiotou replaces Pieros Sotiriou.
- 80': Goal! Romania 3, Cyprus 1. Razvan Marin (Romania) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Florinel Coman following a corner.
- 81': Hand ball by Loizos Loizou (Cyprus).
- 83': Corner, Romania. Conceded by Anderson Correia de Barros.
- 83': Goal! Romania 4, Cyprus 1. Florinel Coman (Romania) left footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Ianis Hagi with a cross following a corner.
- 84': Substitution, Romania. Alexandru Mitrita replaces Valentin Mihaila.
- 85': Alexandru Mitrita (Romania) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 85': Foul by Kostakis Artymatas (Cyprus).
- 86': Hand ball by Andreas Makris (Cyprus).
- 90': Attempt blocked. Alexandru Pascanu (Romania) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Alexandru Mitrita.
- 90': Fourth official has announced 6 minutes of added time.
- 90'+6': Second Half ends, Romania 4, Cyprus 1.
- 0': Match ends, Romania 4, Cyprus 1.
Statistics
 CYP |
ROU |
|
|---|---|---|
| 13 | Fouls | 11 |
| 2 | Yellow Cards | 0 |
| 1 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 1 | Offsides | 1 |
| 2 | Corner Kicks | 5 |
| 5 | Saves | 3 |
| 34.4 | Possession | 65.6 |
| 8 | SHOTS | 19 |
| 4 | ON GOAL | 9 |
| 0.5 | On Target % | 0.5 |
| 0 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
| 0 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 0 |
| 247 | Accurate Passes | 530 |
| 315 | Passes | 605 |
| 0.8 | Pass Completion % | 0.9 |
| 3 | Accurate Crosses | 4 |
| 11 | Crosses | 15 |
| 0.3 | Cross % | 0.3 |
| 49 | Long Balls | 57 |
| 25 | Accurate Long Balls | 30 |
| 0.5 | Long Balls % | 0.5 |
| 3 | Blocked Shots | 3 |
| 9 | Effective Tackles | 8 |
| 12 | Tackles | 19 |
| 0.8 | Tackle % | 0.4 |
| 15 | Interceptions | 5 |
| 16 | Effective Clearances | 14 |
| 16 | Clearances | 14 |
Game Information
Competition: UEFA Nations League
Venue: National Arena
Location: Bucharest, Romania
Attendance: 45,318
Venue: National Arena
Location: Bucharest, Romania
Attendance: 45,318
UEFA Nations League Table
| # | TEAM | GP | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romania | 5 | +12 | 15 |
| 2 | Kosovo | 5 | +6 | 12 |
| 3 | Cyprus | 6 | -11 | 6 |
| 4 | Lithuania | 6 | -7 | 0 |
Line-Ups
Romania (4-3-3)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Florin Nita (GK) |
| 5 | Alexandru Pascanu |
| 3 | Radu Dragusin |
| 11 | Nicusor Bancu |
| 2 | Andrei Ratiu |
| 6 | Marius Marin |
| 21 | Darius Olaru |
| 18 | Razvan Marin |
| 9 | Daniel Birligea |
| 13 | Valentin Mihaila |
| 10 | Ianis Hagi |
Cyprus (4-4-2)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 13 | Dimitris Dimitriou (GK) |
| 19 | Konstantinos Laifis  |
| 16 | Stelios Andreou |
| 8 | Anderson Correia |
| 2 | Andreas Karo |
| 18 | Kostakis Artymatas |
| 6 | Danilo Spoljaric |
| 11 | Andronikos Kakoulis |
| 17 | Loizos Loizou |
| 21 | Marinos Tzionis |
| 10 | Pieros Soteriou |
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