UEFA Nations League

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

· UEFA Nations League
Romania
  • 2': Daniel Birligea
  • 41': Razvan Marin
  • 80': Razvan Marin
  • 83': Florinel Coman
FT
4 - 1
Cyprus
  • 52': Ioannis Pittas
  • Red Card 77': Konstantinos Laifis

About

Romania are hosting Cyprus at National Arena, Bucuresti, Romania, starting on . The match is a part of the UEFA Nations League.

Match Commentary

  • 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

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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: Bucuresti, Romania
Attendance: 45,318

Line-Ups

ROU 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
Romania Substitutes:
David Raul Miculescu, Razvan Sava, Denis Alibec, Stefan Tarnovanu, Matei Ilie, Andrei Burca, Denis Dragus, Deian Sorescu, Florinel Coman, Adrian Sut, Cristian Manea, Alexandru Mitrita.

CYP Cyprus (4-4-2)

No. Name
13 Dimitris Dimitriou (GK)
19 Konstantinos Laifis Yellow Card
16 Stelios Andreou
8 Anderson Correia
2 Andreas Karo Yellow Card
18 Kostakis Artymatas
6 Danilo Spoljaric
11 Andronikos Kakoulis
17 Loizos Loizou
21 Marinos Tzionis
10 Pieros Soteriou
Cyprus Substitutes:
Ioannis Pittas, Charalampos Charalampous, Ruel Sotiriou, Andreas Makris, Nikolas Panagiotou, Neophytos Michael, Giannis Satsias, Christos Shelis, Minas Antoniou, Joël Mall.

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