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

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

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2 - 0

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

CYP		ROU
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

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
21	Vlad Chiriches
8	Adrian Sut
9	Denis Dragus
13	Valentin Mihaila
10	Dennis Man

Substitutes:

Valentin Cretu, Stefan Tarnovanu, Raul Oprut, Virgil Ghita, Vladimir Screciu, Florin Nita, David Raul Miculescu, Denis Alibec, Marius Marin, Razvan Marin, Ionut Nedelcearu, Alexandru Mitrita.

Cyprus (4-2-3-1)

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

Substitutes:

Kostakis Artymatas, Kostas Pileas, Dimitris Dimitriou, Neophytos Michael, Nikolas Koutsakos, Charalampos Charalampous, Andreas Shikkis, Nikolas Panagiotou, Marinos Tzionis, Marios Elia, Evagoras Antoniou, Pieros Soteriou.

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