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Bulgaria 2-2 Cyprus · International Friendly Games

Bulgaria drew 2-2 with Cyprus in the International Friendly Games. Full match statistics, the goal timeline and both lineups are below.

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Match report

Bulgaria and Cyprus met in the International Friendly Games at Stadion Hristo Botev (Gabrovo) in Gabrovo on Friday, 6 June 2025.

Goalscorers

Bulgaria: A. Kolev 27', 61'. Cyprus: N. Koutsakos 42'; K. Laifis 86'.

How the match went

The referee showed 7 yellow cards (5 for Bulgaria, 2 for Cyprus).

Line-ups

Bulgaria started in a 4-2-3-1: Svetoslav Vutsov, Viktor Popov, Kristian Dimitrov, Alex Petkov, Anton Nedyalkov, Ilia Gruev, Georgi Milanov, Ilian Iliev, Stanislav Shopov, Bozhidar Kraev, Aleksandar Kolev.

Cyprus started in a 4-1-4-1: Joel Mall, Andreas Siikkis, Nikolas Panagiotou, Christos Sielis, Kostas Pileas, Chambos Kyriakou, Grigoris Kastanos, Giannis Kosti, António Fóti, Marinos Tzionis, Nikolas Koutsakos.

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Minute by minute

  1. 27'Goal! Bulgaria 1-0 Cyprus. A. Kolev (Bulgaria) scores, assisted by S. Shopov.
  2. 42'Goal! Bulgaria 1-1 Cyprus. N. Koutsakos (Cyprus) scores, assisted by C. Kyriakou.
  3. 45'Half-time. Bulgaria 1-1 Cyprus.
  4. 61'Goal! Bulgaria 2-1 Cyprus. A. Kolev (Bulgaria) converts the penalty.
  5. 86'Goal! Bulgaria 2-2 Cyprus. K. Laifis (Cyprus) scores, assisted by L. Loizou.
  6. 90'Full-time. Bulgaria 2-2 Cyprus.
Full commentary (29 lines)
  1. 1'Kick-off: Bulgaria vs Cyprus.
  2. 27'Goal! Bulgaria 1-0 Cyprus. A. Kolev (Bulgaria) scores, assisted by S. Shopov.
  3. 42'Goal! Bulgaria 1-1 Cyprus. N. Koutsakos (Cyprus) scores, assisted by C. Kyriakou.
  4. 45'6 minutes of added time.
  5. 45'Half-time. Bulgaria 1-1 Cyprus.
  6. 46'The second half is under way.
  7. 46'Substitution, Cyprus: K. Artymatas comes on for G. Kosti.
  8. 46'Substitution, Cyprus: C. Charalampous comes on for M. Tzionis.
  9. 46'Substitution, Bulgaria: D. Sheytanov comes on for S. Vutsov.
  10. 58'Yellow card for A. Shikkis (Cyprus) for foul.
  11. 59'Substitution, Cyprus: L. Loizou comes on for C. Kyriakou.
  12. 59'Substitution, Cyprus: M. Ilia comes on for G. Kastanos.
  13. 61'Goal! Bulgaria 2-1 Cyprus. A. Kolev (Bulgaria) converts the penalty.
  14. 62'Yellow card for G. Milanov (Bulgaria) for foul.
  15. 66'Substitution, Bulgaria: M. Petkov comes on for B. Kraev.
  16. 66'Substitution, Bulgaria: G. Rusev comes on for G. Milanov.
  17. 69'Yellow card for M. Petkov (Bulgaria) for foul.
  18. 74'Substitution, Bulgaria: A. Kraev comes on for I. Iliev.
  19. 74'Substitution, Bulgaria: V. Nikolov comes on for A. Kolev.
  20. 79'Substitution, Bulgaria: S. Petrov comes on for K. Dimitrov.
  21. 79'Substitution, Cyprus: A. Kakoullis comes on for A. Fóti.
  22. 79'Substitution, Cyprus: K. Laifis comes on for K. Pileas.
  23. 84'Yellow card for A. Kraev (Bulgaria) for foul.
  24. 85'Yellow card for C. Charalampous (Cyprus) for foul.
  25. 86'Goal! Bulgaria 2-2 Cyprus. K. Laifis (Cyprus) scores, assisted by L. Loizou.
  26. 88'Yellow card for S. Petrov (Bulgaria) for foul.
  27. 88'Yellow card for A. Petkov (Bulgaria) for foul.
  28. 90+1'Substitution, Cyprus: G. Satsias comes on for N. Koutsakos.
  29. 90'Full-time. Bulgaria 2-2 Cyprus.
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