FIFA World Cup Qualifying - UEFA

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

Romania
  • 43': Florin Tanase
  • 45'+2': Dennis Man
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2 - 0
Cyprus

    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.
    • 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
    +18 Austria 8 19 1
    +10 Bosnia and Herzegovina 8 17 1
    +9 Romania 8 13 3
    0 Cyprus 8 8 4
    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
    Substitutes:
    Valentin Cretu, Stefan Tarnovanu, Raul Oprut, Virgil Ghita, Vladimir Screciu, Florin Nita, David Miculescu, Denis Alibec, Marius Marin, Razvan Marin, Ionut Nedelcearu, Alexandru Mitrita.

    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
    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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