All Activity

San Marino 0-4 Cyprus FT 🇨🇾🇨🇾🇨🇾

+2

Final San Marino substitution: Valentini IN Cevoli OUT All changes have been made

Final Cypriot substitution: Koutsakos IN Kastanos OUT

KAKOULLIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Cyprus: Kyprianou IN Charalambous OUT

Cyprus: Kakoullis IN Pittas OUT

San Marino: Sensoli IN Lazzari OUT

San Marino: Valli Casadei IN Capicchioni OUT

KASTANOS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

PENALTY!

Cyprus: Correia IN Artymatas OUT

Cyprus substitution: Kyriakou IN Pileas OUT

San Marino: Matteoni IN Sammaritani OUT

San Marino 0-1 Cyprus HT

+5

LOIZOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

San Marino substitution: Berardi IN Contadini OUT

CYPRUS 1 Mall(GK) 2 Pileas 19 Laifis 16 Andreou 17 Shikkis 20 Kastanos 5 Charalambous 18 Artymatas(Captain) 21 Tzionis 10 Loizou 9 Pittas BENCH 12 Kyriakou(GK) 22 Michael(GK) 3 Panayiotou 4 Kyprianou 6 Satsias 7 Correia 8 Kousoulos 11 Kakoullis 13 Angelopoulos 14 Malekkidis 15 Koutsakos 23 Kyriakou Manager: Apostolos Mantzios(GRE)

SAN MARINO 1 Colombo(GK) 4 Sammaritani 5 Cevoli 6 Rossi 3 Riccardi 17 Golinucci(Captain) 8 Capicchioni 18 Zannoni 11 Contadini 21 Lazzari 9 Nanni BENCH 13 Zavoli(GK) 16 Amici(GK) 2 Matteoni 7 Vittaioli 10 Berardi 12 Tosi 14 Valentini 15 Capicchioni 19 Giacopetti 20 Sensoli 22 Mularoni 23 Valli Casadei Manager: Roberto Cevoli(ITA)

Nothing but 3 wins now. I hope we can do it. 🙏

I also don’t see what Kourbelis has done so special in the last 3 years either. Ever since leaving Panathinaikos he has hasn’t done anything significant for the clubs he’s played for. Alexandropoulos is more of a box to box than a defensive midfielder and statistically has better defensive contributions this season. Also better going forward with the ball. Just look at both players goals they both have scored in their careers in the past. Alex has better quality goals. Not saying Alex is the answer but I would say he’s better and he’s the same size. You’d rather go for the better option. Also Triantis 2 goals and 2 assists this season plays in America ok, but still contributes more as a player in both defence and attack. All 3 don’t play at the highest level but we have to make improvements in that area. Point is we have other players of the same size that can do the job he is doing and possibly better. Seen too many errors from an experienced player. Mouzakitis is better than all of them I agree.

Alexandropoulos has had a poor 2-3 years at club level. He has bounced around between Portugal, Belgium and now in the 2nd tier in Germany and hasn't been able to nail down a starting position since leaving PAO (played a good amount of games in Belgium last season but plenty were as a sub or he was hooked off at halftime.) Fair to say he hasn't developed as we would've hoped. Liatsikouras isn't worth mentioning as a possible replacement atm as he has not broken into Olympiacos first team yet. When he does that he will well and truly be on the radar but a kid playing B Ethniki is not going to displace a seasoned international, that is just reality. Mouzakitis should absolutely be a starter going forward. He has quality and is good on the ball, a modern central midfielder. Similarly so is Zaferis. Kourbelis has a role in the squad, he is experienced and a bigger body, the 2 aforementioned are on the smaller side. I believe Triantis is worth a look and we should be seeing him in the near future. Siopis also has his place in the squad, he is needed in certain games. Tomorrow's game is a tough one as to who you start in CM. I think I would start Siopis next to one of Zafeiris/Mouzakitis. I would argue a midfield 3, with the 3 names mentioned could be a decent option, and start without a number 10 and play with 2 number 8's instead. I don't think Jovanovic will do that though, he won't leave out both of Bakasetas/Konstantelias, one will start.

Also there are players in the Greek league who play CM that can be more serviceable in midfield for Greece.

Theres already 3 DMs I can name that are better than Kourbelis. Alexandropoulos, Triantis and Liatsikouras (potentially) are better and have more height to them aswell. Siopis isn’t the answer although he has high stamina and a lot of running in him. We had less height in the game against Scotland in the nations league and won comfortably in there home stadium. Mouzakitis awareness and intelligent positioning helped us that game and his attacking ability and playmaking is also superior to all of our mids. Zafeiris covered a lot of ground that game too which is important to note. You never change a winning team. That team in the nations league game that won 3-0 should’ve been the starting lineup going forward.