UEFA European Championship Qualifying

FT Thursday, November 16, 2023
Spain WWWWW 3
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Cyprus LLLLL 1
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ESP303
CYP011
Alphamega Stadium · 9,667 att.

Match Report

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Yamal goal helps Spain win in Cyprus to close in on top spot

Spain closed in on clinching top spot in their Euro 2024 qualifying Group A when they strolled to a 3-1 away win against Cyprus on Thursday.

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Team Stats

11
Fouls
10
1
Yellow Cards
4
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
2
8
Corner Kicks
0
2
Saves
2
76.7
Possession
23.3
14
SHOTS
4
5
ON GOAL
3
0.4
On Target %
0.8
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
707
Accurate Passes
167
771
Passes
237
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.7
11
Accurate Crosses
0
25
Crosses
2
0.4
Cross %
0.0
31
Long Balls
51
22
Accurate Long Balls
23
0.7
Long Balls %
0.5
4
Blocked Shots
1
10
Effective Tackles
9
15
Tackles
10
0.7
Tackle %
0.9
6
Interceptions
6
2
Effective Clearances
21
2
Clearances
21

Head to Head

ESP leads series 1-0

Lineups

CYP · 5-4-1

  1. 22Joël MallG
  2. 6Alexander GogicCD
  3. 19Konstantinos LaifisCD-L
  4. 2Andreas KaroCD-R
  5. 4Nicholas IoannouLB
  6. 16Stelios AndreouRB
  7. 20Grigoris KastanosCM-L
  8. 3Hector KyprianouCM-R
  9. 7Anderson CorreiaLM
  10. 12Charis KyriakouRM
  11. 9Ioannis PittasF

ESP · 4-3-3

  1. 1David RayaG
  2. 4Pau TorresCD-L
  3. 3Robin Le NormandCD-R
  4. 2Alejandro GrimaldoLB
  5. 22Jesús NavasRB
  6. 18Martín ZubimendiCM
  7. 6Mikel MerinoLM
  8. 9GaviRM
  9. 12JoseluF
  10. 21Mikel OyarzabalLF
  11. 17Lamine YamalRF

Timeline

  1. 5' Goal! Cyprus 0, Spain 1. Lamine Yamal (Spain) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Joselu.
  2. 17' Anderson Correia (Cyprus) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 22' Goal! Cyprus 0, Spain 2. Mikel Oyarzabal (Spain) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Álex Grimaldo with a through ball.Goal awarded following VAR Review.
  4. 28' Goal! Cyprus 0, Spain 3. Joselu (Spain) right footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the top left corner. Assisted by Mikel Oyarzabal with a cross following a corner.
  5. 40' Substitution, Spain. Rodrigo Riquelme replaces Mikel Oyarzabal because of an injury.
  6. 45' Substitution, Cyprus. Danilo Spoljaric replaces Hector Kyprianou.
  7. 45' Substitution, Cyprus. Kostas Pileas replaces Anderson Correia.
  8. 45' Substitution, Cyprus. Charalampos Charalampous replaces Charalambos Kyriakou.
  9. 45' Substitution, Spain. David García replaces Robin Le Normand.
  10. 45' Substitution, Spain. Aleix García replaces Mikel Merino.
  11. 59' Andreas Karo (Cyprus) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  12. 60' Substitution, Cyprus. Andronikos Kakoullis replaces Ioannis Pittas.
  13. 66' Substitution, Spain. Dani Carvajal replaces Jesús Navas.
  14. 66' Substitution, Cyprus. Ioannis Kousoulos replaces Andreas Karo.
  15. 73' Substitution, Spain. Ferran Torres replaces Lamine Yamal.
  16. 75' Goal! Cyprus 1, Spain 3. Kostas Pileas (Cyprus) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Charalampos Charalampous with a through ball.Goal confirmed following VAR Review.
  17. 77' Ioannis Kousoulos (Cyprus) is shown the yellow card.
  18. 82' Rodrigo Riquelme (Spain) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  19. 87' Danilo Spoljaric (Cyprus) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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