UEFA European Championship Qualifying

Spain vs Cyprus, 2024 European Championship Qualifying, Group Stage

· UEFA European Championship Qualifying
Spain
  • 18': Gavi
  • 33': Mikel Merino
  • 70': Joselu
  • 73': Ferran Torres
  • 77': Álex Baena
  • 83': Ferran Torres
FT
6 - 0
Cyprus

    Spain thrash Cyprus in 16-year-old Lamine Yamal's first start

    Ferran Torres scored twice to help Spain earn a comfortable 6-0 win against bottom side Cyprus in a Euro 2024 Group A qualifier on Tuesday, with Barcelona prodigy Lamine Yamal becoming his country's youngest-ever starter aged 16 years and 61 days.

    Match Timeline

    • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
    • 0': First Half begins.
    • 1': Delay in match because of an injury Grigoris Kastanos (Cyprus).
    • 2': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 3': Hand ball by Ioannis Kousoulos (Cyprus).
    • 4': Corner, Spain. Conceded by Stélios Andreou.
    • 5': Attempt blocked. Álvaro Morata (Spain) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Mikel Merino.
    • 5': Corner, Spain. Conceded by Ioannis Kousoulos.
    • 6': Attempt saved. Mikel Merino (Spain) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Nico Williams with a cross.
    • 8': Corner, Spain. Conceded by Konstantinos Laifis.
    • 8': Corner, Spain. Conceded by Joël Mall.
    • 8': Attempt blocked. Mikel Merino (Spain) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Nico Williams with a cross.
    • 12': Corner, Spain. Conceded by Andreas Karo.
    • 13': Foul by Gavi (Spain).
    • 13': Ioannis Kousoulos (Cyprus) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 14': Attempt blocked. Mikel Merino (Spain) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Lamine Yamal.
    • 15': Corner, Spain. Conceded by Anderson Barros.
    • 16': Attempt missed. Robin Le Normand (Spain) right footed shot from the centre of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Mikel Merino following a corner.
    • 18': Goal! Spain 1, Cyprus 0. Gavi (Spain) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Nico Williams with a cross.
    • 19': Anderson Barros (Cyprus) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 19': Foul by Gavi (Spain).
    • 20': Corner, Spain. Conceded by Konstantinos Laifis.
    • 21': Attempt missed. Aymeric Laporte (Spain) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Nico Williams with a cross following a corner.
    • 24': Foul by José Gayà (Spain).
    • 24': Stélios Andreou (Cyprus) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 25': Corner, Spain. Conceded by Stélios Andreou.
    • 26': Offside, Cyprus. Joël Mall tries a through ball, but Charalambos Kyriakou is caught offside.
    • 27': Attempt missed. Álvaro Morata (Spain) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by José Gayà with a cross.
    • 28': Attempt missed. Álvaro Morata (Spain) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right.
    • 29': Attempt saved. Nico Williams (Spain) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Lamine Yamal.
    • 32': Attempt blocked. Rodri (Spain) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Gavi.
    • 33': Goal! Spain 2, Cyprus 0. Mikel Merino (Spain) header from the right side of the six yard box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Nico Williams with a cross.
    • 36': Attempt saved. Lamine Yamal (Spain) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Rodri.
    • 36': Corner, Spain. Conceded by Joël Mall.
    • 36': Attempt missed. Álvaro Morata (Spain) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Lamine Yamal with a cross following a corner.
    • 39': Attempt blocked. Lamine Yamal (Spain) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Rodri.
    • 39': Offside, Spain. Lamine Yamal tries a through ball, but Álvaro Morata is caught offside.
    • 39': GOAL OVERTURNED BY VAR: Álvaro Morata (Spain) scores but the goal is ruled out after a VAR review.
    • 41': VAR Decision: No Goal Spain 2-0 Cyprus.
    • 42': Aymeric Laporte (Spain) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 42': Foul by Pieros Sotiriou (Cyprus).
    • 45': Delay in match because of an injury Nico Williams (Spain).
    • 45'+1': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 45'+2': Foul by Grigoris Kastanos (Cyprus).
    • 45'+2': Mikel Merino (Spain) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 45'+2': Grigoris Kastanos (Cyprus) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 45'+4': First Half ends, Spain 2, Cyprus 0.
    • 45': Second Half begins Spain 2, Cyprus 0.
    • 45': Substitution, Cyprus. Michalis Ioannou replaces Charalambos Kyriakou.
    • 45': Substitution, Spain. Joselu replaces Álvaro Morata.
    • 45': Substitution, Spain. Yeremy Pino replaces Nico Williams because of an injury.
    • 48': Delay in match because of an injury Anderson Barros (Cyprus).
    • 49': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 50': Foul by Mikel Merino (Spain).
    • 50': Ioannis Kousoulos (Cyprus) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 52': Attempt missed. José Gayà (Spain) left footed shot from outside the box is too high.
    • 55': Substitution, Cyprus. Marinos Tzionis replaces Ioannis Kousoulos.
    • 56': Offside, Cyprus. Charalampos Charalampous tries a through ball, but Pieros Sotiriou is caught offside.
    • 57': Attempt saved. Lamine Yamal (Spain) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Joselu.
    • 58': Foul by Charalampos Charalampous (Cyprus).
    • 58': Rodri (Spain) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 59': Foul by Mikel Merino (Spain).
    • 59': Grigoris Kastanos (Cyprus) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 61': Substitution, Spain. Alejandro Balde replaces José Gayà.
    • 61': Substitution, Spain. Ferran Torres replaces Lamine Yamal.
    • 62': Substitution, Cyprus. Ioannis Pittas replaces Pieros Sotiriou.
    • 62': Substitution, Cyprus. Kostas Pileas replaces Charalampos Charalampous.
    • 63': Offside, Spain. Gavi tries a through ball, but Joselu is caught offside.
    • 65': Corner, Spain. Conceded by Andreas Karo.
    • 67': Attempt missed. Ferran Torres (Spain) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Rodri.
    • 68': Foul by Yeremy Pino (Spain).
    • 68': Stélios Andreou (Cyprus) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 69': Yeremy Pino (Spain) is shown the yellow card.
    • 70': Attempt blocked. Ferran Torres (Spain) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Rodri.
    • 70': Goal! Spain 3, Cyprus 0. Joselu (Spain) header from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Dani Carvajal with a cross.
    • 72': Attempt saved. Marinos Tzionis (Cyprus) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Stélios Andreou.
    • 73': Goal! Spain 4, Cyprus 0. Ferran Torres (Spain) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Dani Carvajal.
    • 76': Corner, Spain. Conceded by Andreas Karo.
    • 76': Substitution, Spain. Álex Baena replaces Gavi.
    • 77': Attempt saved. Joselu (Spain) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Ferran Torres with a cross.
    • 77': Goal! Spain 5, Cyprus 0. Álex Baena (Spain) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Joselu.
    • 81': Corner, Spain. Conceded by Stélios Andreou.
    • 81': Attempt missed. Aymeric Laporte (Spain) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Rodri following a corner.
    • 82': Attempt saved. Rodri (Spain) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Yeremy Pino.
    • 83': Goal! Spain 6, Cyprus 0. Ferran Torres (Spain) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Rodri with a through ball.
    • 87': Corner, Spain. Conceded by Anderson Barros.
    • 90'+1': Corner, Spain. Conceded by Anderson Barros.
    • 90'+2': Substitution, Cyprus. Andreas Panayiotou Filiotis replaces Stélios Andreou.
    • 90'+2': Attempt missed. Robin Le Normand (Spain) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Álex Baena with a cross following a corner.
    • 90'+2': Attempt missed. Joselu (Spain) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box misses to the left. Assisted by Robin Le Normand following a corner.
    • 90'+3': Second Half ends, Spain 6, Cyprus 0.
    • 0': Match ends, Spain 6, Cyprus 0.

    Statistics

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    4 Fouls 6
    1 Yellow Cards 1
    0 Red Cards 0
    2 Offsides 2
    0 Corner Kicks 14
    6 Saves 1
    18.6 Possession 81.4
    1 SHOTS 28
    1 ON GOAL 12
    1.0 On Target % 0.4
    0 Penalty Goals 0
    0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
    119 Accurate Passes 696
    181 Passes 759
    0.7 Pass Completion % 0.9
    0 Accurate Crosses 14
    1 Crosses 41
    0.0 Cross % 0.3
    48 Long Balls 28
    18 Accurate Long Balls 19
    0.4 Long Balls % 0.7
    0 Blocked Shots 6
    7 Effective Tackles 8
    13 Tackles 10
    0.5 Tackle % 0.8
    6 Interceptions 5
    31 Effective Clearances 2
    31 Clearances 2

    Game Information

    Competition: UEFA European Championship Qualifying

    Venue: Nuevo Los Cármenes
    Location: Granada, Spain
    Attendance: 17,311

    EURO Qualifying Table

    # TEAM GP GD PTS
    1 Spain 8 +20 21
    2 Scotland 8 +9 17
    3 Norway 8 +2 11
    4 Georgia 8 -6 8
    Full Table

    Line-Ups

    ESP Spain (4-3-3)

    No. Name
    23 Unai Simón (GK)
    14 Aymeric Laporte
    5 Robin Le Normand
    18 José Gayà
    20 Dani Carvajal
    16 Rodri
    6 Mikel Merino
    9 Gavi
    7 Álvaro Morata
    11 Nico Williams
    15 Lamine Yamal
    Spain Substitutes:
    Fabián Ruiz, Kepa Arrizabalaga, César Azpilicueta, Yéremy Pino, Joselu, Alejandro Balde, Pau Torres, Ferran Torres, Álex Baena, Martín Zubimendi, David Raya, Abel Ruiz.

    CYP Cyprus (3-5-2)

    No. Name
    22 Joël Mall (GK)
    6 Alexander Gogic
    19 Konstantinos Laifis
    2 Andreas Karo
    5 Charalampos Charalampous
    8 Charis Kyriakou
    13 Ioannis Kousoulos
    7 Anderson Correia
    16 Stelios Andreou
    10 Pieros Soteriou
    20 Grigoris Kastanos Yellow Card
    Cyprus Substitutes:
    Marios Antoniades, Ioannis Pittas, Loizos Loizou, Demetris Christofi, Marinos Tzionis, Dimitris Dimitriou, Marios Elia, Antreas Panayiotou, Michalis Ioannou, Andronikos Kakoulis, Kostas Pileas, Konstantinos Panagi.

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