National Team Friendly

National stadium
Spectators: 10300 (Terracing: 7725, Seating: 2369, VIP seats: 206) Nessos Balouris showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Gökdeniz Karadeniz, who was totally free with the ball in the 4th minute. In the 6th minute the ball was on its way in behind Canada's goalkeeper Charley Ball, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 8th minute the ball was on its way in behind Canada's goalkeeper Charley Ball, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Evripidis Papadimitriou sent away a hard shot on goal in the 11th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Matthieu Watkins's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 13thth minute, Nessos Balouris skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. After some fancy dribbling in the 14th minute, Evripidis Papadimitriou managed to get in a good position for a shot. Cyprus's supporters rose to their feet, but Evripidis Papadimitriou was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Charley Ball breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. A sloppy throw-in by Zachariah Lockhart in the 17th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Cyprus's Panagiotis Harames. 20 minutes into the match, Cyprus's goalkeeper Nessos Balouris had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Matthieu Watkins. A hard shot 20 in the game by Matthieu Watkins from a close distance when the talented Nessos Balouris managed to make a qualified save. Cyprus's players were relieved. 20 minutes in the game, Matthieu Watkins dribbled his way through the penalty area and after maneuvering past an opponent, drilled a quick shot at the goal. The ball looked like it was going in, but it was hit a bit too hard and flew over the goal. In the 22nd minute, Evripidis Papadimitriou made a precise shot to the right of Charley Ball. Canada's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. When Evripidis Papadimitriou came up free with the goalie in the 25th minute, the Cyprus fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Evripidis Papadimitriou couldn't finish the play. Matthieu Watkins who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 27thth minute tested the skills of Nessos Balouris when he managed to save the team from getting behind. A sloppy throw-in by Zachariah Lockhart in the 29th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Cyprus's Takis Belesis. Nessos Balouris showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gökdeniz Karadeniz in the 30th minute of the match. Cyprus's Evripidis Papadimitriou got a good chance for a goal in the 37th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Evripidis Papadimitriou blasted a shot towards the goal in the 39th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Charley Ball having to make a save. After 42 minutes of play, Cyprus's Evripidis Papadimitriou made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Charley Ball was left in no man's land by his defense there! Evripidis Papadimitriou charged in rather forcefully in the 44th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Evripidis Papadimitriou the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. The supporters of Canada booed when Cyprus was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 44 match minutes in a wonderful position. Evripidis Papadimitriou didn't get a good kick on the ball.

Nessos Balouris made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gökdeniz Karadeniz in the 52nd minute of play. Nessos Balouris showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Gökdeniz Karadeniz, who was totally free with the ball in the 54th minute. If Evripidis Papadimitriou had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 60th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. 60 minutes into the match, Canada's goalkeeper Charley Ball had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Evripidis Papadimitriou. When the match had gone on for 62 minutes, Evripidis Papadimitriou took a quick shot and it went in 1-3 without a chance for Charley Ball to make any attempt to save it. Canada made a substitution. Kermit Arthur replaced Devon Starr. In the 65th match minute, Cyprus was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Likymnios Tekosis to maneuver through the defense. In the 66th match minute, Cyprus was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Likymnios Tekosis to maneuver through the defense. Nessos Balouris showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Reed Escobar, who was totally free with the ball in the 71st minute. Charley Ball made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Evripidis Papadimitriou in the 72nd minute of play. After 73 played minutes Canada got a freekick which was hit by Rocco Chatigny. An unexpectedly hard shot by Krystian Żmuda in the 76th minute of play forced Cyprus's goalkeeper Nessos Balouris to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Cyprus's Nessos Balouris played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Krystian Żmuda in the 78th minute of play. Canada's Charley Ball played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Apsyrtos Economides in the 80th minute of play. Charley Ball made an important save on a dangerous shot by Evripidis Papadimitriou in the 85th minute. Evripidis Papadimitriou might have been able to make a better finish in the 87th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Charley Ball. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Evripidis Papadimitriou ran back to his position shaking his head. Nessos Balouris made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Kermit Arthur in the 91st minute of play. Nessos Balouris showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Krystian Żmuda, who was totally free with the ball in the 92nd minute. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched Cyprus eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.