Romania vs Cyprus
Ref: Luca J. Pairetto, ItalyArena Naţională, Bucureşti · 55,611 cap
Match recap
Romania beat Cyprus 4–1 in their UEFA Nations League fixture. Bîrligea, Marin, Marin, and Coman scored for Romania; Pittas replied for Cyprus. Romania held 66% possession to 34% for Cyprus.
First Half
⚽
Bîrligea
Assist: Mihăilă
15'
Karo
Yellow Card
⚽
Marin
Second Half
46'
⇄
Karo
46'
⇄
Spoljaric
46'
⇄
Kakoullis
52'
⚽
Pittas
53'
Antoniou
Yellow Card
⇄
Olaru
⇄
Marin
⇄
Niţă
⇄
Drăgușin
74'
⇄
Tzionis
74'
Laifis
Yellow Card
77'
Laifis
Yellow Card
77'
Laifis
Red Card
79'
⇄
Sotiriou
⚽
Marin
Assist: Coman
⚽
Coman
Assist: Hagi
⇄
Mihăilă
Match Statistics
RomaniaCyprus
13Won
Statistical edge
13–1
battles won across 16 metrics
Attack6 · 0 won
19
Shots
8
9
Shots on target
4
12
Shots in the box
5
7
Shots outside box
3
7
Shots off goal
1
5
Corners
2
Possession & Passing4 · 0 won
66%
Possession
34%
605
Total passes
315
530
Accurate passes
247
88%
Pass accuracy
78%
Discipline3 · 0 won
11
Fouls
13
0
Yellow cards
4
0
Red cards
1
1
Offsides
1
Goalkeeping & Defence0 · 1 won
3
Goalkeeper saves
5
3
Blocked shots
3
Romania
4-3-3
Cyprus
4-4-2
Romania
4-3-3Starting XI
- 1Florin Constantin NiţăG
- 2Andrei Florin RațiuD
- 3Radu Matei DrăgușinD
- 5Alexandru Ștefan PașcanuD
- 6Marius Mihai MarinM
- 9George Daniel BîrligeaF
- 10Ianis HagiF
- 11Nicușor Silviu BancuD
- 13Valentin Mihai MihăilăF
- 18Răzvan Gabriel MarinM
- 21Darius Dumitru OlaruM
Substitutes
- 4Cristian Marian ManeaD
- 7Denis AlibecF
- 8Adrian Gheorghe ȘutM
- 12Răzvan Sergiu SavaG
- 14David Raul MiculescuF
- 15Andrei Andonie BurcăD
- 16Ștefan TârnovanuG
- 17Florinel Teodor ComanF
- 19Denis Mihai DrăguşF
- 20Matei Cristian IlieD
- 22Alexandru Ionuț MitrițăF
- 23Deian Cristian SorescuF
Cyprus
4-4-2Starting XI
- 2Andreas KaroD
- 6Danilo SpoljaricM
- 8Anderson CorreiaD
- 10Pieros SotiriouF
- 11Andronikos KakoullisM
- 13Demetris DemetriouG
- 16Stélios AndreouD
- 17Loizos LoizouM
- 18Kostakis ArtymatasM
- 19Konstantinos LaifisD
- 21Marinos TzionisF
Substitutes
- 1Joël Yves MallG
- 3Nikolas PanagiotouD
- 4Christos SielisD
- 5Charalampos CharalampousM
- 7Minas AntoniouD
- 9Ioannis PittasF
- 12Giannis SatsiasM
- 15Ruel Dimitrios SotiriouF
- 22Neofytos MichaelG
- 23Andreas MakrisF
Romania
| Player | Pos | Min | Rating | G | A | Shots | SoT | Key Passes | Dribbles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Răzvan Marin(C) | M | 90 | 9.2 | 2 | — | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1/1 |
| Ianis Hagi | F | 90 | 8.3 | — | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0/1 |
| Valentin Mihăilă | F | 84 | 7.7 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0/1 |
| Nicușor Bancu | D | 90 | 7.3 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0/1 |
| Andrei Rațiu | D | 90 | 7.3 | — | — | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2/3 |
| Darius Olaru | M | 66 | 6.9 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — |
| Marius Marin | M | 67 | 6.9 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Alexandru Paşcanu | D | 90 | 6.9 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Florin Niță | G | 67 | 6.7 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Daniel Bîrligea | F | 90 | 6.7 | 1 | — | 4 | 2 | — | 0/1 |
| Radu Drăguşin | D | 68 | 6.7 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Substitutes | |||||||||
| Denis Alibec | F | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Matei Cristian Ilie | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Răzvan Sava | G | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Cristian Manea | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| David Miculescu | F | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Deian Sorescu | F | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Denis Drăguş | F | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Florinel Coman | F | 23 | 8.2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | — |
| Andrei Burcă | D | 22 | 6.9 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Adrian Șut | M | 24 | 6.9 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ștefan Târnovanu | G | 23 | 6.7 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Alexandru Mitriță | F | 12 | 6.7 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0/1 |
Cyprus
| Player | Pos | Min | Rating | G | A | Shots | SoT | Key Passes | Dribbles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pieros Sotiriou | F | 79 | 7.2 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0/1 |
| Marinos Tzionis | F | 74 | 7.0 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2/3 |
| Loizos Loizou | M | 90 | 6.9 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2/3 |
| Anderson Correia | D | 90 | 6.7 | — | — | — | — | — | 1/1 |
| Stelios Andreou | D | 90 | 6.3 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Andreas Karo | D | 45 | 6.3 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Danilo Špoljarić | M | 45 | 6.3 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Dimitris Dimitriou | G | 90 | 6.2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Kostakis Artymatas(C) | M | 90 | 6.2 | — | — | — | — | — | 0/1 |
| Andronikos Kakoullis | M | 45 | 6.2 | — | — | — | — | — | 0/1 |
| Konstantinos Laifis | D | 77 | 5.9 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Substitutes | |||||||||
| Giannis Satsias | M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ruel Sotiriou | F | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Neofytos Michael | G | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Joel Mall | G | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Christos Sielis | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ioannis Pittas | F | 45 | 6.9 | 1 | — | 2 | 2 | — | — |
| Charalampos Charalampous | M | 45 | 6.5 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1/3 |
| Minas Antoniou | D | 45 | 6.5 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| Andreas Makris | F | 16 | 6.5 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Nikolas Panagiotou | D | 11 | 6.2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |