UEFA European Championship Qualifying

FT Tuesday, September 9, 2014
Cyprus LDDLL 2
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Bosnia-Herzegovina WLLWW 1
1st2ndT
CYP112
BIH101
Olympic Stadium · 12,000 att.

Match Report

Cyprus rally to hand Bosnia and Herzegovina a shock home defeat

Dimitris Christofi netted a brace as Cyprus struck back to claim a 2-1 victory over Bosnia-Herzegovina in the opening match of their 2016 European Championship Group B qualifying campaign.

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Team Stats

9
Fouls
9
2
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
0
4
Corner Kicks
7
8
Saves
1
50
Possession
50
4
SHOTS
23
2
ON GOAL
9
0.5
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
0
Accurate Passes
0
0
Passes
0
0.0
Pass Completion %
0.0
0
Accurate Crosses
1
1
Crosses
1
0.0
Cross %
1.0
0
Long Balls
0
0
Accurate Long Balls
0
0.0
Long Balls %
0.0
5
Blocked Shots
0
0
Effective Tackles
0
0
Tackles
0
0.0
Tackle %
0.0
0
Interceptions
0
0
Effective Clearances
0
0
Clearances
4

Lineups

BIH

  1. 1Asmir BegovicG
  2. 2Avdija VrsajevicD
  3. 3Ermin BicakcicD
  4. 15Toni SunjicD
  5. 16Senad LulicD
  6. 7Muhamed BesicM
  7. 18Sanjin PrcicM
  8. 10Miralem PjanicM
  9. 14Tino SusicM
  10. 11Edin DzekoF
  11. 9Vedad IbisevicF

Substitutes

  1. 12Jasmin FejzicG
  2. 22Ratko DujkovicG
  3. 4Ognjen VranjesD
  4. 6Goran ZakaricM
  5. 8Haris MedunjaninM
  6. 13Mensur MujdzaM
  7. 17Gojko CimirotM
  8. 20Izet HajrovicM
  9. 21Anel HadzicM
  10. 23Sejad SalihovicM
  11. 19Edin ViscaF

CYP

  1. 1Antonis GeorgallidesG
  2. 8Charalambos KyriakouD
  3. 4Giorgos MerkisD
  4. 2Dossa JuniorD
  5. 15Marios AntoniadesD
  6. 17Georgios EfremM
  7. 23Marios NikolaouM
  8. 14Vincent LabanM
  9. 7Stathis AloneftisM
  10. 13Konstantinos MakridisM
  11. 9Dimitris ChristofiF

Substitutes

  1. 12Tasos KissasG
  2. 22Giorgos LoizouG
  3. 5Valentinos SielisD
  4. 6Elias CharalambousD
  5. 10Angelis CharalambousD
  6. 19Lefteris MertakkasD
  7. 11Nektarios AlexandrouM
  8. 16Giorgos ArestiM
  9. 18Kostakis ArtymatasM
  10. 20Andreas MakrisF
  11. 21Georgios KolokoudiasF

Timeline

  1. 6' Goal!! Vedad Ibisevic hits a very good header to the lower left corner from the centre penalty area (aprox. 6 yards) and scores!! Bosnia-Herzegovina now leads 1 - 0
  2. 28' Sanjin Prcic is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
  3. 45' Goal!! Dimitris Christofi hits a very good header to the lower left corner from the left 6 yard (aprox. 6 yards) and scores!! The game is now tied at 1
  4. 46' Cyprus makes a sub: Angelis Charalambous enters for Efstathios Aloneftis. Reason: Tactical
  5. 58' Georgios Efrem is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
  6. 61' Bosnia-Herzegovina makes a sub: Izet Hajrovic enters for Sanjin Prcic. Reason: Tactical
  7. 61' Bosnia-Herzegovina makes a sub: Haris Medunjanin enters for Tino-Sven Susic. Reason: Tactical
  8. 66' Vincent Laban is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
  9. 71' Cyprus makes a sub: Nektarios Alexandrou enters for Georgios Efrem. Reason: Tactical
  10. 73' Goal!! Dimitris Christofi hits a very good right footed shot to the lower right corner from the centre penalty area (aprox. 18 yards) and scores!! Cyprus now leads 2 - 1
  11. 77' Edin Dzeko is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
  12. 83' Cyprus makes a sub: Valentinos Sielis enters for Konstantinos Makridis. Reason: Tactical
  13. 90' Miralem Pjanic powers the penalty kick with his right foot to the lower left corner and the goalkeepper saves it!
  14. 90' End of the game

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