Three minutes of added time will be played in this match, which is currently tied at one goal apiece between Bulgaria and Cyprus. The second half saw more attacking play and a faster pace.
Andrian Kraev and Alex Petkov from Bulgaria and Charalampos Charalampous from Cyprus received yellow cards for committing fouls within a span of less than five minutes. Four yellow cards for the Bulgarians and two for the Cypriots.
Second yellow card of the match, first for Bulgaria. Thirty-three-year-old midfielder Georgi Milanov, who plays for Dinamo Bucuresti, is cautioned for a foul in midfield during a fast-paced counterattack by Cyprus.
First yellow card of the match, for Cyprus. The 23-year-old full-back, who plays for Omonia Aradippou, is cautioned for a defensive foul on the right flank.
The second half began similarly to the first, with both teams passing the ball back and forth without taking risks or putting much effort into attacking. It was a match that either team could have won if they had been willing to give a little more.
Six minutes of added time will be played in this first half, which ends with Bulgaria and Cyprus tied at one goal apiece. The home team started the match much better, but after opening the scoring, they ceded possession to the visitors, who have looked slightly better since then.
Cyprus played much better after scoring the opening goal, while Bulgaria did not put in much effort and completely ceded possession to the visitors, who have so far been unable to find an effective way to equalize.
After the goal, Cyprus has managed to gain more possession of the ball, but so far they have not managed to create any real danger in front of the Bulgarian goal. The home side has slowed down, and the visitors are looking to take advantage and equalize the match.
Great save by Cyprus goalkeeper Joel Mall. Bulgaria takes a free kick from the right side, sending a cross into the box that passes all the players and surprises the visiting goalkeeper, who reacts brilliantly and manages to block the ball.
We have a water break in Plovdiv, where the temperature is 83°F. It’s a match between two very similar teams, who so far haven’t hurt each other and are playing quite calmly.
Like all friendly matches, so far it has been uneventful, with both teams looking to keep possession and not putting much effort into attacking. Bulgaria is controlling the ball and Cyprus is holding its ground in its own half.
An uneventful match so far. The Bulgarian team is controlling and moving the ball from side to side, with 57% possession, but they have not managed to get close to the visitors’ goal.
The game was stopped for about three minutes due to a problem with assistant referee 2 Vjolca Izeiri’s intercom. The game has now resumed, although very little play has taken place so far.
The ball is already rolling at the Hristo Botev Stadium in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, between the Bulgarian national team and the Cypriot national team in this friendly match in preparation for the EURO qualifiers.
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13 – Dimitris Dimitriou (Goalkeeper)
22 – Neofytos Michael (Goalkeeper)
7 – Anderson Correia (Center Back)
16 – Evagoras Antoniou (Center Back)
19 – Konstantinos Laifis (Center Back)
14 – Giorgos Malekkidis (Full Back)
5 – Charalampos Charalampous (Midfielder)
6 – Giannis Satsias (Midfielder)
18 – Kostakis Artymatas (Midfielder)
12 – Stavros Gavriel (Winger)
9 – Marios Ilia (Center forward)
10 – Pieros Sotiriou (Center forward)
11 – Andronikos Kakoullis (Center forward)
17 – Loizos Loizou (Center forward)
1 – Dimitar Mitov (Goalkeeper)
23 – Dimitar Sheytanov (Goalkeeper)
3 – Hristiyan Petrov (Center Back)
15 – Simeon Petrov (Center Back)
20 – Nikolay Minkov (Full Back)
8 – Andrian Kraev (Midfielder)
16 – Marin Petkov (Midfielder)
18 – Fabian Nürnberger (Midfielder)
7 – Georgi Rusev (Winger)
25 – Lukas Petkov (Winger)
11 – Martin Minchev (Center forward)
19 – Vladimir Nikolov (Center forward)
March 24: Bosnia and Herzegovina 2-1 Cyprus (UEFA Qualifiers)
March 21: Cyprus 2-0 San Marino (UEFA Qualifiers)
November 18, 2024: Romania 4-1 Cyprus (UEFA Nations League)
November 15, 2024: Cyprus 2-1 Lithuania (UEFA Nations League)
October 15, 2024: Kosovo 3-0 Cyprus (UEFA Nations League)
March 23: Ireland 2-1 Bulgaria (UEFA Nations League)
March 20: Bulgaria 1-2 Ireland (UEFA Nations League)
November 18, 2024: Bulgaria 1-1 Belarus (UEFA Nations League)
November 15, 2024: Luxembourg 0-1 Bulgaria (UEFA Nations League)
October 15, 2024: Northern Ireland 5-0 Bulgaria (UEFA Nations League)
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