UEFA European Championship Qualifying

FT Tuesday, September 12, 2023
Cyprus LDLLL 0
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Spain WLWWW 6
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CYP000
ESP246
Nuevo Los Cármenes · 17,311 att.

Match Report

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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.

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Team Stats

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

Lineups

ESP · 4-3-3

  1. 23Unai SimónG
  2. 14Aymeric LaporteCD-L
  3. 5Robin Le NormandCD-R
  4. 18José GayàLB
  5. 20Dani CarvajalRB
  6. 16RodriCM
  7. 6Mikel MerinoLM
  8. 9GaviRM
  9. 7Álvaro MorataF
  10. 11Nico WilliamsLF
  11. 15Lamine YamalRF

CYP · 3-5-2

  1. 22Joël MallG
  2. 6Alexander GogicCD
  3. 19Konstantinos LaifisCD-L
  4. 2Andreas KaroCD-R
  5. 5Charalampos CharalampousCM-L
  6. 8Charis KyriakouCM-R
  7. 13Ioannis KousoulosAM
  8. 7Anderson CorreiaLM
  9. 16Stelios AndreouRM
  10. 10Pieros SoteriouCF-L
  11. 20Grigoris KastanosCF-R

Timeline

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 45'+2' Grigoris Kastanos (Cyprus) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 45' Substitution, Cyprus. Michalis Ioannou replaces Charalambos Kyriakou.
  5. 45' Substitution, Spain. Yeremy Pino replaces Nico Williams because of an injury.
  6. 45' Substitution, Spain. Joselu replaces Álvaro Morata.
  7. 55' Substitution, Cyprus. Marinos Tzionis replaces Ioannis Kousoulos.
  8. 61' Substitution, Spain. Alejandro Balde replaces José Gayà.
  9. 61' Substitution, Spain. Ferran Torres replaces Lamine Yamal.
  10. 62' Substitution, Cyprus. Ioannis Pittas replaces Pieros Sotiriou.
  11. 62' Substitution, Cyprus. Kostas Pileas replaces Charalampos Charalampous.
  12. 69' Yeremy Pino (Spain) is shown the yellow card.
  13. 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.
  14. 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.
  15. 76' Substitution, Spain. Álex Baena replaces Gavi.
  16. 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.
  17. 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.
  18. 90'+2' Substitution, Cyprus. Andreas Panayiotou Filiotis replaces Stélios Andreou.

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