FIFA World Cup Qualifying - UEFA

Cyprus vs Slovenia, 2014 World Cup Qualifying - UEFA, Group Stage 2013

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Cyprus
    FT
    0 - 2
    Slovenia
    • 12': Milivoje Novakovic
    • 80': Josip Ilicic

    About

    Cyprus are hosting Slovenia at GSP Stadium, Nicosia, Cyprus, starting on . The match is a part of the FIFA World Cup Qualifying - UEFA.

    Match Timeline

    • 0': First Half begins.
    • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
    • 1': Offside, Slovenia. Kevin Kampl tries a through ball, but Zlatan Ljubijankic is caught offside.
    • 3': Foul by Andraz Struna (Slovenia).
    • 3': George Eleftheriou (Cyprus) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 3': Attempt missed. Elias Charalambous (Cyprus) left footed shot from long range on the left is close, but misses the top right corner. Assisted by Vincent Laban.
    • 4': Andraz Kirm (Slovenia) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 4': Foul by Christos Theophilou (Cyprus).
    • 5': Foul by Miso Brecko (Slovenia).
    • 5': Pieros Soteriou (Cyprus) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 5': Miso Brecko (Slovenia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 7': Branko Ilic (Slovenia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 7': Foul by Giorgos Merkis (Cyprus).
    • 7': Giorgos Merkis (Cyprus) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 7': Foul by Vincent Laban (Cyprus).
    • 7': Zlatan Ljubijankic (Slovenia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 9': Foul by Kevin Kampl (Slovenia).
    • 9': Sinisa Dobrasinovic (Cyprus) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 10': Hand ball by Andraz Kirm (Slovenia).
    • 12': Attempt saved. Milivoje Novakovic (Slovenia) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Kevin Kampl.
    • 12': Attempt missed. Zlatan Ljubijankic (Slovenia) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right.
    • 12': Goal! Cyprus 0, Slovenia 1. Milivoje Novakovic (Slovenia) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Bostjan Cesar.
    • 15': Foul by Sinisa Dobrasinovic (Cyprus).
    • 15': Kevin Kampl (Slovenia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 18': Foul by Zlatan Ljubijankic (Slovenia).
    • 18': Giorgos Merkis (Cyprus) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 21': Foul by Dosa Júnior (Cyprus).
    • 21': Zlatan Ljubijankic (Slovenia) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 22': Offside, Slovenia. Samir Handanovic tries a through ball, but Andraz Kirm is caught offside.
    • 23': Attempt blocked. Ales Mertelj (Slovenia) right footed shot from more than 35 yards is blocked.
    • 23': Attempt blocked. Zlatan Ljubijankic (Slovenia) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is blocked.
    • 24': Corner, Slovenia. Conceded by Nektarious Alexandrou.
    • 27': Foul by Elias Charalambous (Cyprus).
    • 27': Valter Birsa (Slovenia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 28': Foul by Andraz Kirm (Slovenia).
    • 28': George Eleftheriou (Cyprus) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 29': Foul by Andraz Kirm (Slovenia).
    • 29': Vincent Laban (Cyprus) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 29': Branko Ilic (Slovenia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 29': Foul by Pieros Soteriou (Cyprus).
    • 31': Attempt saved. Andraz Kirm (Slovenia) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Kevin Kampl.
    • 32': Foul by Ales Mertelj (Slovenia).
    • 32': George Eleftheriou (Cyprus) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 33': Substitution, Cyprus. Konstantinos Charalambidis replaces George Eleftheriou.
    • 35': Foul by Andraz Struna (Slovenia).
    • 35': Konstantinos Charalambidis (Cyprus) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 35': Andraz Struna (Slovenia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 35': Foul by Andraz Struna (Slovenia).
    • 35': Konstantinos Charalambidis (Cyprus) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 36': Foul by Nektarious Alexandrou (Cyprus).
    • 36': Valter Birsa (Slovenia) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 39': Bostjan Cesar (Slovenia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 39': Foul by Pieros Soteriou (Cyprus).
    • 40': Foul by Valter Birsa (Slovenia).
    • 40': Nektarious Alexandrou (Cyprus) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 41': Foul by Sinisa Dobrasinovic (Cyprus).
    • 41': Milivoje Novakovic (Slovenia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 42': Constantinos Makridis (Cyprus) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 42': Foul by Andraz Struna (Slovenia).
    • 43': Andraz Struna (Slovenia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 43': Foul by Pieros Soteriou (Cyprus).
    • 44': Branko Ilic (Slovenia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 44': Foul by Pieros Soteriou (Cyprus).
    • 45': Attempt missed. Kevin Kampl (Slovenia) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Milivoje Novakovic.
    • 45'+1': Foul by Zlatan Ljubijankic (Slovenia).
    • 45'+1': Sinisa Dobrasinovic (Cyprus) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 45'+2': First Half ends, Cyprus 0, Slovenia 1.
    • 45': Match ends, Cyprus 0, Slovenia 2.
    • 46': Second Half begins Cyprus 0, Slovenia 1.
    • 46': Substitution, Cyprus. Jason Demetriou replaces Christos Theophilou.
    • 47': Corner, Slovenia. Conceded by Antonis Georgallidis.
    • 49': Attempt blocked. Zlatan Ljubijankic (Slovenia) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
    • 49': Attempt saved. Constantinos Makridis (Cyprus) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Sinisa Dobrasinovic.
    • 49': Corner, Cyprus. Conceded by Samir Handanovic.
    • 49': Branko Ilic (Slovenia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 50': Foul by Giorgos Merkis (Cyprus).
    • 50': Foul by Andraz Kirm (Slovenia).
    • 51': Jason Demetriou (Cyprus) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 52': Attempt missed. Nektarious Alexandrou (Cyprus) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Constantinos Makridis with a cross.
    • 52': Foul by Konstantinos Charalambidis (Cyprus).
    • 53': Valter Birsa (Slovenia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 56': Corner, Slovenia. Conceded by Dosa Júnior.
    • 56': Dosa Júnior (Cyprus) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 59': Foul by Zlatan Ljubijankic (Slovenia).
    • 59': Foul by Nektarious Alexandrou (Cyprus).
    • 60': Miso Brecko (Slovenia) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 60': Substitution, Slovenia. Josip Ilicic replaces Valter Birsa.
    • 60': Foul by Kevin Kampl (Slovenia).
    • 61': Pieros Soteriou (Cyprus) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 61': Foul by Milivoje Novakovic (Slovenia).
    • 62': Sinisa Dobrasinovic (Cyprus) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 62': Foul by Ales Mertelj (Slovenia).
    • 63': Pieros Soteriou (Cyprus) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 65': Attempt saved. Andraz Struna (Slovenia) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Milivoje Novakovic.
    • 65': Constantinos Makridis (Cyprus) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 65': Foul by Andraz Kirm (Slovenia).
    • 66': Andraz Kirm (Slovenia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 66': Andraz Struna (Slovenia) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 67': Foul by Konstantinos Charalambidis (Cyprus).
    • 67': Constantinos Makridis (Cyprus) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 67': Foul by Bostjan Cesar (Slovenia).
    • 68': Corner, Cyprus. Conceded by Samir Handanovic.
    • 68': Foul by Dosa Júnior (Cyprus).
    • 68': Samir Handanovic (Slovenia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 69': Substitution, Cyprus. Marios Nikolaou replaces Sinisa Dobrasinovic.
    • 69': Constantinos Makridis (Cyprus) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 69': Foul by Kevin Kampl (Slovenia).
    • 70': Offside, Cyprus. Jason Demetriou tries a through ball, but Pieros Soteriou is caught offside.
    • 70': Foul by Dosa Júnior (Cyprus).
    • 71': Josip Ilicic (Slovenia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 71': Attempt saved. Josip Ilicic (Slovenia) right footed shot from a difficult angle and long range on the right is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Bostjan Cesar.
    • 71': Attempt blocked. Zlatan Ljubijankic (Slovenia) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
    • 72': Attempt missed. Milivoje Novakovic (Slovenia) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the right.
    • 72': Bostjan Cesar (Slovenia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 74': Foul by Pieros Soteriou (Cyprus).
    • 74': Foul by Elias Charalambous (Cyprus).
    • 75': Josip Ilicic (Slovenia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 75': Dosa Júnior (Cyprus) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 76': Foul by Josip Ilicic (Slovenia).
    • 76': Attempt saved. Vincent Laban (Cyprus) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Marios Nikolaou.
    • 76': Offside, Cyprus. Giorgos Merkis tries a through ball, but Nektarious Alexandrou is caught offside.
    • 76': Foul by Vincent Laban (Cyprus).
    • 76': Josip Ilicic (Slovenia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 78': Dosa Júnior (Cyprus) is shown the yellow card.
    • 78': Attempt missed. Milivoje Novakovic (Slovenia) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right from a direct free kick.
    • 78': Foul by Dosa Júnior (Cyprus).
    • 79': Zlatan Ljubijankic (Slovenia) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 79': Foul by Miso Brecko (Slovenia).
    • 80': Vincent Laban (Cyprus) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 81': Goal! Cyprus 0, Slovenia 2. Josip Ilicic (Slovenia) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Milivoje Novakovic.
    • 82': Offside, Cyprus. Vincent Laban tries a through ball, but Nektarious Alexandrou is caught offside.
    • 82': Elias Charalambous (Cyprus) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 85': Foul by Zlatan Ljubijankic (Slovenia).
    • 85': Andraz Kirm (Slovenia) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 88': Dangerous play by Konstantinos Charalambidis (Cyprus).
    • 89': Offside, Cyprus. Marios Nikolaou tries a through ball, but Pieros Soteriou is caught offside.
    • 89': Foul by Pieros Soteriou (Cyprus).
    • 89': Josip Ilicic (Slovenia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 90'+2': Substitution, Slovenia. Tim Matavz replaces Zlatan Ljubijankic.
    • 90'+3': Corner, Slovenia. Conceded by Elias Charalambous.
    • 90'+3': Substitution, Slovenia. Zeljko Filipovic replaces Milivoje Novakovic.
    • 90'+3': Attempt missed. Bostjan Cesar (Slovenia) right footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Josip Ilicic with a cross following a corner.
    • 90'+4': Attempt missed. Pieros Soteriou (Cyprus) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high.
    • 90'+4': Second Half ends, Cyprus 0, Slovenia 2.

    Statistics

    https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/countries/500/svn.png&h=25&scale=crop&w=25&location=originSVN CYPhttps://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/countries/500/cyp.png&h=25&scale=crop&w=25&location=origin
    24 Fouls 24
    3 Yellow Cards 2
    0 Red Cards 0
    2 Offsides 4
    4 Corner Kicks 2
    2 Saves 4
    41.9 Possession 58.1
    15 SHOTS 5
    6 ON GOAL 2
    0.4 On Target % 0.4
    0 Penalty Goals 0
    0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
    276 Accurate Passes 383
    339 Passes 480
    0.8 Pass Completion % 0.8
    3 Accurate Crosses 4
    16 Crosses 14
    0.2 Cross % 0.3
    66 Long Balls 77
    48 Accurate Long Balls 55
    0.7 Long Balls % 0.7
    4 Blocked Shots 0
    9 Effective Tackles 9
    10 Tackles 11
    0.9 Tackle % 0.8
    0 Interceptions 0
    26 Effective Clearances 25
    26 Clearances 25

    Game Information

    Competition: FIFA World Cup Qualifying - UEFA

    Venue: GSP Stadium
    Location: Nicosia, Cyprus
    Attendance: 700

    WCQ - UEFA Table

    # TEAM GP GD PTS
    1 Spain 6 +19 16
    2 Türkiye 6 +5 13
    3 Georgia 6 -8 3
    4 Bulgaria 6 -16 3
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    Line-Ups

    CYP Cyprus (4-3-3)

    No. Name
    1 Antonis Georgallides (GK)
    2 Dossa Júnior Yellow Card
    4 Giorgos Merkis Yellow Card
    3 Ilias Charalambous
    20 Christos Theofilou
    13 Constantinos Makrides
    18 Sinisa Dobrasinovic
    21 Vincent Laban
    16 Pieros Soteriou
    11 Nektarios Alexandrou
    7 George Eleftheriou
    Cyprus Substitutes:
    Konstantinos Charalampidis, Eleftherios Mertakkas, Christakis Mastrou, Marios Nikolaou, Giorgos Vasiliou, Angelis Charalambous, Charalambos Kyriakou, Tasos Kissas, Nestoras Mytides, Jason Demetriou, Kostakis Artymatas, Marios Antoniades.

    SVN Slovenia (4-1-2-1-2)

    No. Name
    1 Samir Handanovic (GK)
    5 Bostjan Cesar
    6 Branko Ilic
    22 Ales Mertelj
    15 Andraz Struna Yellow Card
    2 Miso Brecko Yellow Card
    10 Valter Birsa
    17 Andraz Kirm Yellow Card
    20 Kevin Kampl
    11 Milivoje Novakovic
    9 Zlatan Ljubijankic
    Slovenia Substitutes:
    Jasmin Handanovic, Nejc Pecnik, Zeljko Filipovic, Sinisa Andelkovic, Roman Bezjak, Martin Milec, Jan Oblak, Tim Matavz, Josip Ilicic.

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