FIFA World Cup Qualifying - UEFA

Romania vs Cyprus 2026 World Cup Qualifying - UEFA, Group Stage

  • 43': Florin Tanase
  • 45'+2': Dennis Man
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Introduction

Romania are hosting Cyprus at National Arena, Bucuresti, Romania, starting on . The match is a part of the FIFA World Cup Qualifying - UEFA.

Match Commentary

  • 24': Grigoris Kastanos (Cyprus) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 26': Florin Tanase (Romania) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 43': Goal! Romania 1, Cyprus 0. Florin Tanase (Romania) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Dennis Man following a fast break.
  • 45'+2': Goal! Romania 2, Cyprus 0. Dennis Man (Romania) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Denis Dragus.
  • 45': Substitution, Cyprus. Nikos Koutsakos replaces Andronikos Kakoullis.
  • 45': Substitution, Cyprus. Charalampos Charalampous replaces Ioannis Kosti.
  • 45': Substitution, Cyprus. Marios Ilia replaces Loizos Loizou.
  • 56': Substitution, Romania. Marius Marin replaces Vlad Chiriches.
  • 56': Substitution, Romania. Alexandru Mitrita replaces Valentin Mihaila.
  • 62': Substitution, Cyprus. Marinos Tzionis replaces Anderson Correia de Barros.
  • 64': Giannis Satsias (Cyprus) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 73': Substitution, Romania. Virgil Ghita replaces Andrei Burca.
  • 73': Substitution, Romania. Denis Alibec replaces Florin Tanase.
  • 81': Substitution, Cyprus. Kostakis Artymatas replaces Charalambos Kyriakou.
  • 82': Substitution, Romania. David Miculescu replaces Dennis Man.

Game Information

Competition: FIFA World Cup Qualifying - UEFA

Venue: National Arena
Location: Bucuresti, Romania
Attendance: 45,324

FIFA World Cup Qualifying - UEFA Standings

POS TEAM GP GD PTS
+3 Bosnia and Herzegovina 3 9 0
+5 Austria 2 6 0
+4 Romania 4 6 2
-1 Cyprus 3 3 2
Full Table

Statistics

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9 Fouls 12
2 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
2 Offsides 2
3 Corner Kicks 10
4 Saves 1
39.9 Possession 60.1
5 SHOTS 19
1 ON GOAL 6
0.2 On Target % 0.3
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
298 Accurate Passes 469
360 Passes 541
0.8 Pass Completion % 0.9
2 Accurate Crosses 6
10 Crosses 23
0.2 Cross % 0.3
39 Long Balls 49
22 Accurate Long Balls 30
0.6 Long Balls % 0.6
2 Blocked Shots 10
13 Effective Tackles 9
20 Tackles 16
0.7 Tackle % 0.6
9 Interceptions 7
28 Effective Clearances 18
28 Clearances 18

Line-Ups

ROU Romania (4-2-3-1)

No. Name
12 Horatiu Moldovan (GK)
15 Andrei Burca
3 Mihai Popescu
23 Deian Sorescu
2 Andrei Ratiu
19 Florin Tanase Yellow Card
21 Vlad Chiriches
8 Adrian Sut
9 Denis Dragus
13 Valentin Mihaila
10 Dennis Man

CYP Cyprus (4-2-3-1)

No. Name
1 Joël Mall (GK)
19 Konstantinos Laifis
15 Christos Shelis
14 Giorgos Malekkides
6 Giannis Satsias Yellow Card
23 Ioannis Kosti
20 Grigoris Kastanos Yellow Card
8 Charis Kyriakou
11 Andronikos Kakoulis
7 Anderson Correia
17 Loizos Loizou

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