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LABAN SCORES!!!!!!!! Right back in it!

Cyprus substitution: Charalambous IN Junior OUT Angelis Charalambous replaces the injured Dossa Junior

Bale, through ball to Robson-Kanu, they score.

Welsh corner, Cotterrill to take, it comes back to him, he scores :tdown:

Wales substitution: Cotterrill IN Church OUT Injury

Yellow cards on Marios Nikolaou for Cyprus, and Ledley for Wales

CYPRUS 12 Kissas(GK) 2 Junior 4 Merkis 8 Kyriakou 15 Antoniadis 13 Makridis(Captain) 14 Laban 17 Efraim 9 Christofi 20 Sotiriou 23 Nikolaou BENCH 1 Giorgallidis(GK) 22 Loizou(GK) 5 Sielis 6 Charalambous 19 Stylianou 3 Aresti 10 Charalambides 11 Alexandrou 18 Artymatas 7 Papathanasiou 16 Kolokoudias 21 Makris Manager: Pambos Christodoulou(CYP)

WALES 1 Hennessey(GK) 2 Gunter 3 Taylor 4 Chester 6 Williams(Captain) 8 King 11 Bale 16 Ledley 9 Church 10 Robson-Kanu 23 Williams BENCH 12 Williams(GK) 21 Letheren(GK) 5 Davies 7 Edwards 14 Gabbidon 18 Ricketts 15 Williams 17 Lawrence 19 Edwards 13 Cotterrill 20 Taylor 22 John Manager: Chris Coleman(WAL)

Cyprus hoping to shake off their home loss to Israel in Wales.

The ethniki are off to Helsinki to visit the Finns.

I was thinking the same thing

As much as I think you guys have been easy on Karnezis, I wouldn't be upset if he's in goal for our first Euro qualifier. We just don't have anyone else. Maybe if Glykos gets sole possession of the starting job at PAOK. Kapinos is probably too young still. Since Nikopolidis, though, we've had a different starting GK every tournament. Katsouranis and Gekas should retire from the ethniki, but seem unlikely to do so. Maybe the new manager will either not pick them, or limit their roles. Not sure where Ninis has gone, but if we get him back into the fold, him and Christodoulopoulos can work magic, and with Fetfatzidis playing regularly and a healthy Mitroglou, the future is bright.

And Mitroglou!

And Mitroglou!

Pavlos Kontidis wins silver for Cyprus! First medal for Cyprus in the modern Olympics!

I just hope it's someone who gives Fetfatzidis a chance

Lemonis is currently the manager of Omonoia, and is in the process of winning the Cypriot league. As an Omonoia and Olympiakos fan, I think I'd be ok with him going back to Peiraia. It's where he wants to be, but I love what he's doing for us at Omonoia.

Offsoccer question, but it's interesting that you like the FLYERS and YANKESS. Are you from Philly? I'm from the Philly area, on the New Jersey side of the river

The Cyprus NT will also have to make do without him. That's gonna be a hot mess. Morfis came off the bench and blew the Montenegro match. Hope Avgousti gets a shot. Morfis was supplanted at APOEL by Dionysis Xiotis of all people, who I recall tons of AEK fans not liking so much

Ah ok, I just read it here. Giorgallidis's injury while playing for Cyprus was apparently very bad. He'll be out at least 4 more months it says. Still this creates a bit of a logjam when he gets back, no?

Even if that were the case, why would they get 2 keepers? Nikolas Asprogenis is the Cypriot National U21 keeper. With him on the shelf, they could be fine, until Giorgallidis came back.

IN Christos Patsatzoglou Feidias Panayiotou Antonis Katsis Davidson Morais Pablo Caceres Rodriguez Christos Karipidis Giorgos Panagi Giorgos Efrem Mahamadou Sidibe Maciej Zurawski Bruno Aguiar Anastasios Kyriakos Stefanos Kotsolis OUT Kostas Kaiafas(retirement) Cafu(to Anorthosis) Dimitris Maris(to Alki) Dusan Djokic(loan return) Hamad Ndikumana(to AEL) Mustapha Bangura(on loan to Apollonas) Yinnakis Okkas Koullis Pavlou Klodian Duro Theofanis Lagos Francisco Aguirre Elias Vattis Rafal Kosznik All those who are leaving and not in parenthesis were released. Wonder why we got Kotsolis and Sidibe? Giorgallidis to be next? Stay tuned

IN Christos Patsatzoglou Feidias Panayiotou Antonis Katsis Davidson Morais Pablo Caceres Rodroguez Christos Karipidis Giorgos Panagi Giorgos Efrem OUT Kostas Kaiafas(retirement) Cafu(to Anorthosis)

Who will leave/arrive at Omonoia?

Well, do you think he's in the team's future plans? I think he plays U21 for Greece Edit: He doesn't