UEFA European Championship Qualifying

FT Thursday, September 3, 2015
Wales DWDWW 1
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Cyprus LLWLW 0
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GSP Stadium

Match Report

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Gareth Bale scores to move Wales one win from qualifying for Euro 2016

Wales are poised to end their 58-year wait to play at a major tournament after Gareth Bale's late winner on a balmy night in Nicosia.

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Team Stats

12
Fouls
6
0
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
1
2
Corner Kicks
3
3
Saves
5
50
Possession
50
6
SHOTS
6
5
ON GOAL
2
0.8
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
0
Accurate Passes
0
0
Passes
0
0.0
Pass Completion %
0.0
2
Accurate Crosses
0
3
Crosses
3
0.7
Cross %
0.0
0
Long Balls
0
0
Accurate Long Balls
0
0.0
Long Balls %
0.0
0
Blocked Shots
0
0
Effective Tackles
0
0
Tackles
0
0.0
Tackle %
0.0
0
Interceptions
0
0
Effective Clearances
0
2
Clearances
1

Head to Head

Series tied 2-2

Lineups

CYP

  1. 1Antonis GeorgallidesG
  2. 15Marios AntoniadesD
  3. 19Constantinos LaifisD
  4. 2Dossa JuniorD
  5. 4Jason DemetriouD
  6. 13Konstantinos MakridisM
  7. 7Giorgos EconomidesM
  8. 23Marios NikolaouM
  9. 10Konstantinos CharalampidisM
  10. 21Andreas MakrisF
  11. 9Nestoras MitidisF

Substitutes

  1. 12Alexandre NegriG
  2. 22Constantinos PanagiG
  3. 3Elias CharalambousD
  4. 5Valentinos SielisD
  5. 16Marios StylianouD
  6. 6Angelis AngeliM
  7. 14Nikos EnglezouM
  8. 18Kostakis ArtymatasM
  9. 20Grigoris KastanosM
  10. 8Pieros SoteriouF
  11. 17Georgios KolokoudiasF

WAL

  1. 1Wayne HennesseyG
  2. 18Ben DaviesD
  3. 6Ashley WilliamsD
  4. 2Chris GunterD
  5. 3Neil TaylorD
  6. 4Jazz RichardsD
  7. 8Andy KingM
  8. 7David EdwardsM
  9. 11Gareth BaleM
  10. 10Aaron RamseyM
  11. 9Hal Robson-KanuM

Substitutes

  1. 12Owain fon WilliamsG
  2. 21Danny WardG
  3. 5Morgan FoxD
  4. 19James CollinsD
  5. 23Adam HenleyD
  6. 13Shaun MacDonaldM
  7. 16Joe LedleyM
  8. 17David CotterillM
  9. 22Jordan WilliamsM
  10. 14Simon ChurchF
  11. 15Sam VokesF
  12. 20Tom LawrenceF

Timeline

  1. 65' Cyprus makes a sub: Georgios Kolokoudias enters for Nestoras Mitidis. Reason: Tactical
  2. 67' Wales makes a sub: Sam Vokes enters for Hal Robson-Kanu. Reason: Tactical
  3. 74' Cyprus makes a sub: Nikos Englezou enters for Konstantinos Charalampidis. Reason: Tactical
  4. 82' Goal!! Gareth Bale hits a very good header to the upper left corner from the centre penalty area (aprox. 12 yards) and scores!! Wales now leads 1 - 0
  5. 84' Cyprus makes a sub: Pieros Sotiriou enters for Andreas Makris. Reason: Tactical
  6. 90' Wales makes a sub: Simon Church enters for Gareth Bale. Reason: Tactical
  7. 90' End of the game
  8. 90'+3' Wales makes a sub: Shaun MacDonald enters for Aaron Ramsey. Reason: Tactical

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