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It's so funny, anyone could get a Cypriot passport for the right price, but my mom can't get one for stupid reasons. My pappou left Cyprus around 1948, 12 years before Cyprus became an independent country. He happily became an American citizen sometime in the 50s, as his British citizenship meant nothing to him. So technically he was never a Cypriot citizen. So even though he was born and raised in Cyprus, the government likes to split hairs on this. My yiayia was born here, so no chance going that way. As longtime Phantis members would know, we have connections there. Sotiris Kaiafas is my uncle. Another uncle, Dr. Christos Christou owns the American Medical Center, a state-of-the-art hospital and one of the best in Cyprus. Despite all that, my mom can't get her citizenship.

The ethniki need to keep the pace here.

What a debut for the Apollonas backup Dimitris Demetriou!

Azerbaijan 0-0 Cyprus FT

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Final Azerbaijan substitution: Ghorbani IN Sheydaev OUT

Cyprus: Kousoulos IN Tzionis OUT

Sheydaev in all alone on Demetriou, GREAT SAVE! Diniyev the rebound, Demetriou got that one too!

Kastanos free kick, not even close

Azerbaijan: Seydiyev IN Mustafazade OUT

Azerbaijan: Hajiyev IN Sadikhov OUT

Cyprus: Loizou IN Christofi OUT

Antoniou, over the net

Azerbaijan: Alaskarov IN Salahli OUT

Azerbaijan substitution: Diniyev IN Ibrahimli

Cyprus: Zachariou IN Kyriakou OUT

Cyprus substitution: Pittas IN Sotiriou OUT

Azerbaijan 0-0 Cyprus HT

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Garayev takes it, DEMETRIOU MAKES THE SAVE!

Penalty for Azerbaijan, yellow against Karo

CYPRUS 1 Demetriou(GK) 3 Wheeler 19 Laifis 2 Karo 7 Antoniou 20 Kastanos 18 Artymatas 8 Kyriakou 21 Tzionis 10 Sotiriou 9 Christofi(Captain) BENCH 12 Kyriakidis(GK) 22 Michael(GK) 4 Ioannou 5 Katelaris 6 Shelis 11 Zachariou 13 Kousoulos 14 Kakoullis 15 Gogic 16 Ioannou 17 Loizou 23 Pittas Manager: Johan Walem(BEL)

AZERBAIJAN 12 Magomedaliyev(GK) 13 Huseynov 14 Badalov 4 Mustafadze 18 Krivotsyuk 20 Ibrahimli 2 Garayev(Captain) 6 Mustafayev 3 Salahli 10 Sadikhov 11 Sheydaev BENCH 1 Balayev(GK) 23 Bayramov(GK) 5 Aliyev 7 Abdullayev 8 Diniyev 9 Ghorbani 15 Alaskarov 16 Jamalov 17 Hajiyev 19 Khaliladze 21 Seydiyev 22 Abbasov Manager: Giovanni De Biasi(ITA)

Cyprus tries to get off 0 points, away to Azerbaijan. UEFA has determined it is not safe to play in Azerbaijan, so this one will be played in Albania.

Greece 2-0 Moldova FT