FIFA World Cup Qualifying - UEFA

Cyprus vs San Marino, 2026 World Cup Qualifying - UEFA, Group Stage

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Cyprus
  • 55': Ioannis Pittas
  • 86': Andronikos Kakoulis
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2 - 0
San Marino

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    Cyprus are hosting San Marino at AEK Arena, Larnaca, Cyprus, starting on . The match is a part of the FIFA World Cup Qualifying - UEFA.

    Match Commentary

    • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
    • 0': First Half begins.
    • 2': Attempt saved. Samuele Zannoni (San Marino) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Nicola Nanni with a through ball.
    • 4': Attempt saved. Marinos Tzionis (Cyprus) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Ioannis Pittas.
    • 8': Andrea Contadini (San Marino) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 8': Foul by Grigoris Kastanos (Cyprus).
    • 8': Foul by Lorenzo Capicchioni (San Marino).
    • 8': Pieros Sotiriou (Cyprus) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 10': Foul by Pieros Sotiriou (Cyprus).
    • 10': Lorenzo Capicchioni (San Marino) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 11': Corner, San Marino. Conceded by Giannis Satsias.
    • 12': Attempt missed. Filippo Berardi (San Marino) header from a difficult angle on the right is close, but misses the top right corner. Assisted by Lorenzo Capicchioni with a cross following a corner.
    • 14': Foul by Samuele Zannoni (San Marino).
    • 14': Grigoris Kastanos (Cyprus) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 15': Delay in match because of an injury Edoardo Colombo (San Marino).
    • 16': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 19': Attempt blocked. Alessandro Golinucci (San Marino) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Nicola Nanni.
    • 20': Foul by Filippo Fabbri (San Marino).
    • 20': Marinos Tzionis (Cyprus) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 21': Foul by Lorenzo Capicchioni (San Marino).
    • 21': Pieros Sotiriou (Cyprus) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 22': Attempt missed. Ioannis Kousoulos (Cyprus) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Pieros Sotiriou following a set piece situation.
    • 22': Attempt missed. Pieros Sotiriou (Cyprus) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Grigoris Kastanos following a set piece situation.
    • 22': Foul by Lorenzo Capicchioni (San Marino).
    • 22': Pieros Sotiriou (Cyprus) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 24': Attempt saved. Ioannis Pittas (Cyprus) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Marinos Tzionis.
    • 24': Corner, Cyprus. Conceded by Edoardo Colombo.
    • 25': Attempt saved. Pieros Sotiriou (Cyprus) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Giannis Satsias with a cross.
    • 25': Foul by Lorenzo Capicchioni (San Marino).
    • 25': Grigoris Kastanos (Cyprus) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 26': Offside, Cyprus. Pieros Sotiriou is caught offside.
    • 26': GOAL OVERTURNED BY VAR: Pieros Sotiriou (Cyprus) scores but the goal is ruled out after a VAR review.
    • 27': VAR Decision: No Goal Cyprus 0-0 San Marino.
    • 28': Andrea Contadini (San Marino) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 28': Foul by Anderson Correia de Barros (Cyprus).
    • 29': Offside, San Marino. Filippo Fabbri is caught offside.
    • 31': Alessandro Golinucci (San Marino) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 31': Foul by Loizos Loizou (Cyprus).
    • 32': Foul by Samuele Zannoni (San Marino).
    • 32': Ioannis Kousoulos (Cyprus) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 32': Foul by Christos Shielis (Cyprus).
    • 32': Nicola Nanni (San Marino) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 34': Attempt saved. Pieros Sotiriou (Cyprus) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Giannis Satsias with a cross.
    • 36': Attempt saved. Andrea Contadini (San Marino) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
    • 37': Delay in match because of an injury Michele Cevoli (San Marino).
    • 37': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 38': Corner, Cyprus. Conceded by Tommaso Benvenuti.
    • 39': Foul by Alessandro Golinucci (San Marino).
    • 39': Giannis Satsias (Cyprus) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 41': Attempt missed. Loizos Loizou (Cyprus) left footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Anderson Correia de Barros.
    • 41': Corner, Cyprus. Conceded by Lorenzo Capicchioni.
    • 43': Anderson Correia de Barros (Cyprus) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 43': Foul by Andrea Contadini (San Marino).
    • 43': Delay in match because of an injury Anderson Correia de Barros (Cyprus).
    • 45': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 45': Attempt blocked. Pieros Sotiriou (Cyprus) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Loizos Loizou with a cross.
    • 45': Fourth official has announced 4 minutes of added time.
    • 45'+1': Foul by Filippo Berardi (San Marino).
    • 45'+1': Grigoris Kastanos (Cyprus) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 45'+4': Filippo Fabbri (San Marino) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 45'+4': Foul by Marinos Tzionis (Cyprus).
    • 45'+5': First Half ends, Cyprus 0, San Marino 0.
    • 45': Second Half begins Cyprus 0, San Marino 0.
    • 47': Attempt blocked. Ioannis Kousoulos (Cyprus) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Grigoris Kastanos.
    • 47': Corner, Cyprus. Conceded by Filippo Berardi.
    • 48': Attempt missed. Ioannis Kousoulos (Cyprus) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Grigoris Kastanos with a cross following a corner.
    • 48': Offside, Cyprus. Ioannis Pittas is caught offside.
    • 49': Andrea Contadini (San Marino) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 49': Foul by Grigoris Kastanos (Cyprus).
    • 50': Foul by Michele Cevoli (San Marino).
    • 50': Joël Mall (Cyprus) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 52': Attempt saved. Ioannis Pittas (Cyprus) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Grigoris Kastanos.
    • 52': Corner, Cyprus. Conceded by Edoardo Colombo.
    • 53': Filippo Berardi (San Marino) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 53': Foul by Giannis Satsias (Cyprus).
    • 55': Foul by Ioannis Kousoulos (Cyprus).
    • 55': Samuele Zannoni (San Marino) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 55': Goal! Cyprus 1, San Marino 0. Ioannis Pittas (Cyprus) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal.
    • 57': Attempt missed. Pieros Sotiriou (Cyprus) right footed shot from long range on the right is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Grigoris Kastanos following a fast break.
    • 60': Foul by Alessandro Golinucci (San Marino).
    • 60': Nikolas Panagiotou (Cyprus) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 60': Attempt missed. Loizos Loizou (Cyprus) left footed shot from the right side of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Giannis Satsias.
    • 61': Delay in match because of an injury Filippo Fabbri (San Marino).
    • 61': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 63': Substitution, Cyprus. Ioannis Kosti replaces Marinos Tzionis.
    • 63': Substitution, Cyprus. Andronikos Kakoullis replaces Pieros Sotiriou.
    • 63': Substitution, San Marino. Nicko Sensoli replaces Filippo Berardi.
    • 64': Substitution, San Marino. Valli Casadei replaces Lorenzo Capicchioni.
    • 65': Foul by Tommaso Benvenuti (San Marino).
    • 65': Ioannis Kosti (Cyprus) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 65': Foul by Christos Shielis (Cyprus).
    • 65': Samuele Zannoni (San Marino) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 67': Andronikos Kakoullis (Cyprus) hits the left post with a header from the centre of the box. Assisted by Nikolas Panagiotou with a cross.
    • 68': Foul by Ioannis Kosti (Cyprus).
    • 68': Samuele Zannoni (San Marino) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 70': Corner, Cyprus. Conceded by Tommaso Benvenuti.
    • 71': Attempt missed. Andronikos Kakoullis (Cyprus) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Loizos Loizou with a cross following a corner.
    • 72': Attempt saved. Ioannis Pittas (Cyprus) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Giannis Satsias.
    • 73': Corner, Cyprus. Conceded by Tommaso Benvenuti.
    • 73': Attempt blocked. Andronikos Kakoullis (Cyprus) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Loizos Loizou with a cross.
    • 74': Substitution, Cyprus. Giorgos Malekkides replaces Anderson Correia de Barros.
    • 74': Substitution, Cyprus. Charalambos Kyriakou replaces Ioannis Kousoulos.
    • 74': Charalambos Kyriakou (Cyprus) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 74': Foul by Samuele Zannoni (San Marino).
    • 75': Foul by Ioannis Pittas (Cyprus).
    • 75': Samuele Zannoni (San Marino) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 76': Foul by Valli Casadei (San Marino).
    • 76': Loizos Loizou (Cyprus) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 76': Valli Casadei (San Marino) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 77': Substitution, San Marino. Nicolas Giacopetti replaces Samuele Zannoni.
    • 78': Alessandro Golinucci (San Marino) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 78': Foul by Ioannis Kosti (Cyprus).
    • 79': Attempt saved. Loizos Loizou (Cyprus) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Ioannis Pittas.
    • 80': Attempt missed. Nicolas Giacopetti (San Marino) left footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Andrea Contadini.
    • 81': Attempt blocked. Loizos Loizou (Cyprus) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Ioannis Kosti.
    • 83': Foul by Nicko Sensoli (San Marino).
    • 83': Ioannis Pittas (Cyprus) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 83': Attempt saved. Giorgos Malekkides (Cyprus) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Loizos Loizou with a cross.
    • 83': Attempt blocked. Giorgos Malekkides (Cyprus) left footed shot from very close range is blocked.
    • 84': Attempt saved. Andronikos Kakoullis (Cyprus) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
    • 85': Attempt missed. Loizos Loizou (Cyprus) left footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left.
    • 85': Substitution, San Marino. Giacomo Benvenuti replaces Filippo Fabbri.
    • 86': Corner, San Marino. Conceded by Giannis Satsias.
    • 86': Goal! Cyprus 2, San Marino 0. Andronikos Kakoullis (Cyprus) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Ioannis Kosti following a fast break.
    • 89': Attempt missed. Ioannis Pittas (Cyprus) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Grigoris Kastanos.
    • 89': Substitution, Cyprus. Stavros Gavriel replaces Loizos Loizou.
    • 90': Foul by Nikolas Panagiotou (Cyprus).
    • 90': Nicola Nanni (San Marino) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 90': Foul by Alessandro Tosi (San Marino).
    • 90': Stavros Gavriel (Cyprus) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 90': Alessandro Tosi (San Marino) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 90'+1': Fourth official has announced 3 minutes of added time.
    • 90'+4': Second Half ends, Cyprus 2, San Marino 0.
    • 0': Match ends, Cyprus 2, San Marino 0.

    Statistics

    https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/countries/500/smr.png&h=25&scale=crop&w=25&location=originSMR CYPhttps://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/countries/500/cyp.png&h=25&scale=crop&w=25&location=origin
    17 Fouls 14
    2 Yellow Cards 0
    0 Red Cards 0
    1 Offsides 2
    2 Corner Kicks 7
    9 Saves 2
    30.5 Possession 69.5
    5 SHOTS 26
    2 ON GOAL 11
    0.4 On Target % 0.4
    0 Penalty Goals 0
    0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
    200 Accurate Passes 567
    282 Passes 646
    0.7 Pass Completion % 0.9
    2 Accurate Crosses 9
    6 Crosses 25
    0.3 Cross % 0.4
    46 Long Balls 46
    18 Accurate Long Balls 28
    0.4 Long Balls % 0.6
    1 Blocked Shots 5
    11 Effective Tackles 17
    17 Tackles 24
    0.6 Tackle % 0.7
    12 Interceptions 6
    37 Effective Clearances 9
    37 Clearances 9

    Game Information

    Competition: FIFA World Cup Qualifying - UEFA

    Venue: AEK Arena
    Location: Larnaca, Cyprus
    Attendance: 2,336

    WCQ - UEFA Standings

    # TEAM GP GD PTS
    1 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2 +2 6
    2 Romania 2 +3 3
    3 Cyprus 2 +1 3
    4 Austria 0 0 0
    Full Standings

    Line-Ups

    CYP Cyprus (4-2-3-1)

    No. Name
    1 Joël Mall (GK)
    3 Nikolas Panagiotou
    15 Christos Shelis
    7 Anderson Correia
    6 Giannis Satsias
    10 Pieros Soteriou
    20 Grigoris Kastanos
    8 Ioannis Kousoulos
    9 Ioannis Pittas
    21 Marinos Tzionis
    17 Loizos Loizou
    Cyprus Substitutes:
    Giorgos Malekkides, Evagoras Antoniou, Dimitris Dimitriou, Andronikos Kakoulis, Neophytos Michael, Charis Kyriakou, Stavros Gavriel, Hector Kyprianou, Andreas Shikkis, Charalampos Charalampous, Ioannis Kosti, Kostakis Artymatas.

    SMR San Marino (4-3-3)

    No. Name
    1 Edoardo Colombo (GK)
    3 Tommaso Benvenuti
    5 Michele Cevoli
    12 Alessandro Tosi Yellow Card
    4 Filippo Fabbri
    8 Lorenzo Capicchioni
    18 Samuele Zannoni
    17 Alessandro Golinucci
    9 Nicola Nanni
    10 Filippo Berardi
    11 Andrea Contadini
    San Marino Substitutes:
    Giacomo Benvenuti, Marcello Mularoni, Matteo Valli Casadei, Nicko Sensoli, Marco Pasolini, Dante Rossi, Nicolas Giacopetti, Matteo Vitaioli, Matteo Zavoli, Pietro Amici, Alberto Riccardi, Giacomo Valentini.

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