UEFA European Championship Qualifying

FT Saturday, October 10, 2015
Cyprus WLWLL 2
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Israel LLLWD 1
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ISR011
Ramat Gan

Match Report

Cyprus stun Israel to complicate race for Euro playoff spot in Group B

Israel's chances of qualifying automatically for the Euro 2016 finals were dashed by a 2-1 home loss to Cyprus.

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Team Stats

16
Fouls
11
2
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
4
Offsides
0
3
Corner Kicks
5
4
Saves
3
37
Possession
63
8
SHOTS
18
6
ON GOAL
9
0.8
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
0
Accurate Passes
0
0
Passes
0
0.0
Pass Completion %
0.0
1
Accurate Crosses
0
1
Crosses
0
1.0
Cross %
0.0
0
Long Balls
0
0
Accurate Long Balls
0
0.0
Long Balls %
0.0
3
Blocked Shots
1
0
Effective Tackles
0
0
Tackles
0
0.0
Tackle %
0.0
0
Interceptions
0
0
Effective Clearances
0
0
Clearances
1

Head to Head

ISR leads series 4-0-1

Lineups

ISR

  1. 18Ofir MarcianoG
  2. 2Eli DasaD
  3. 21Eitan TibiD
  4. 3Tal Ben HaimD
  5. 20Omri Ben HarushD
  6. 4Nir BittonM
  7. 8Biram KiyalM
  8. 7Eran ZahaviM
  9. 12Tal Ben Haim IIM
  10. 14Gil VermotM
  11. 9Munas DabburF

CYP

  1. 1Antonis GeorgallidesG
  2. 5Jason DemetriouD
  3. 2Dossa JuniorD
  4. 19Constantinos LaifisD
  5. 15Marios AntoniadesD
  6. 23Marios NikolaouM
  7. 14Vincent LabanM
  8. 13Konstantinos MakridisM
  9. 17Georgios EfremF
  10. 9Nestoras MitidisF
  11. 21Andreas MakrisF

Timeline

  1. 45'+1' Nir Biton is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
  2. 46' Cyprus makes a sub: Konstantinos Charalampidis enters for Andreas Makris. Reason: Tactical
  3. 51' Marios Antoniades is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
  4. 54' Israel makes a sub: Orel Dgani enters for Eli Dasa. Reason: Injury
  5. 58' Goal!! Dossa Junior hits a very good header to the lower right corner from the centre penalty area (aprox. 6 yards) and scores!! Cyprus now leads 1 - 0
  6. 59' Dossa Junior is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
  7. 65' Israel makes a sub: Tomer Hemad enters for Gil Vermot. Reason: Tactical
  8. 71' Israel makes a sub: Maor Melikson enters for Omri Ben Haroush. Reason: Tactical
  9. 76' Goal!! Nir Biton hits an impressive right footed shot to the upper left corner from the left channel (aprox. 25 yards) and scores!! The game is now tied at 1
  10. 80' Goal!! Jason Demetriou hits a very good right footed shot to the upper right corner from the right penalty area (aprox. 12 yards) and scores!! Cyprus now leads 2 - 1
  11. 84' Cyprus makes a sub: Giorgos Economides enters for Konstantinos Makridis. Reason: Tactical
  12. 86' Cyprus makes a sub: Giorgos Merkis enters for Georgios Efrem. Reason: Tactical
  13. 90' End of the game
  14. 90'+3' Tal Ben Haim is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour

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