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Bulgaria 2-1 Cyprus · UEFA Nations League

Bulgaria beat Cyprus 2-1 in the UEFA Nations League. Full match statistics, the goal timeline and both lineups are below.

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Match report

Bulgaria and Cyprus met in the UEFA Nations League on Saturday, 13 October 2018.

Goalscorers

Bulgaria: K. Despodov 59'; T. Nedelev 68'. Cyprus: G. Kastanos 41'.

How the match went

The referee showed 5 yellow cards (2 for Bulgaria, 3 for Cyprus).

Line-ups

Bulgaria started in a 4-4-2: Plamen Iliev, Strahil Popov, Anton Nedyalkov, Nikolay Bodurov, Petar Zanev, Todor Nedelev, Georgi Kostadinov, Simeon Slavchev, Kiril Despodov, Ivelin Popov, Bozhidar Kraev.

Cyprus started in a 4-3-3: Konstantinos Panagi, Jason Demetriou, Giorgos Merkis, Konstantinos Laifis, Nikolas Ioannou, Ioannis Kousoulos, Grigoris Kastanos, Kostakis Artymatas, Fotis Papoulis, Pieros Sotiriou, Andreas Avraam.

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Minute by minute

  1. 41'Goal! Bulgaria 0-1 Cyprus. G. Kastanos (Cyprus) scores, assisted by A. Avraam.
  2. 45'Half-time. Bulgaria 0-1 Cyprus.
  3. 59'Goal! Bulgaria 1-1 Cyprus. K. Despodov (Bulgaria) scores, assisted by S. Popov.
  4. 68'Goal! Bulgaria 2-1 Cyprus. T. Nedelev (Bulgaria) scores, assisted by S. Popov.
  5. 90'Full-time. Bulgaria 2-1 Cyprus.
Full commentary (19 lines)
  1. 1'Kick-off: Bulgaria vs Cyprus.
  2. 39'Yellow card for I. Kousoulos (Cyprus).
  3. 41'Goal! Bulgaria 0-1 Cyprus. G. Kastanos (Cyprus) scores, assisted by A. Avraam.
  4. 45'Half-time. Bulgaria 0-1 Cyprus.
  5. 46'The second half is under way.
  6. 57'Substitution, Bulgaria: G. Milanov comes on for B. Kraev.
  7. 59'Goal! Bulgaria 1-1 Cyprus. K. Despodov (Bulgaria) scores, assisted by S. Popov.
  8. 65'Substitution, Cyprus: R. Margaca comes on for G. Kastanos.
  9. 68'Goal! Bulgaria 2-1 Cyprus. T. Nedelev (Bulgaria) scores, assisted by S. Popov.
  10. 72'Substitution, Cyprus: D. Christofi comes on for N. Ioannou.
  11. 74'Substitution, Bulgaria: V. Bozhikov comes on for K. Despodov.
  12. 75'Substitution, Cyprus: O. Roussias comes on for F. Papoulis.
  13. 79'Yellow card for G. Kostadinov (Bulgaria).
  14. 83'Substitution, Bulgaria: R. Vasilev comes on for I. Popov.
  15. 89'Yellow card for R. Margaca (Cyprus).
  16. 90'5 minutes of added time.
  17. 90+3'Yellow card for A. Nedyalkov (Bulgaria).
  18. 90+6'Yellow card for K. Laifis (Cyprus).
  19. 90'Full-time. Bulgaria 2-1 Cyprus.
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