Cyprus 2-1 Latvia: Edwards nets 94th-minute winner
Cyprus beat Latvia 2-1 at the GSP Stadium in Nicosia, with Marcus Edwards scoring the winner in the fourth minute of stoppage time.
- Pittas opens the scoring in the 26th minute, Daskevics equalises after the break
- Kosti restores Cyprus' lead in the 70th minute
- Edwards scores the winner deep into stoppage time
Cyprus 2-1 Latvia
Scorers: Pittas 26' (CYP), Daskevics 57' (LVA), Kosti 70' (CYP), Edwards 90'+4 (CYP)
Cyprus beat Latvia 2-1 at the GSP Stadium in Nicosia in matchday 4 of UEFA Nations League League C. Marcus Edwards scored the winning goal in the fourth minute of stoppage time, after the home side had been pegged back earlier in the second half.
The match
Cyprus took an early lead through Ioannis Pittas in the 26th minute, making it 1-0. Three minutes later, Latvia's Raivis Jurkovskis picked up the match's first yellow card.
At half-time, Latvia made two changes, bringing on Lukass Vapne and Markuss Strods for Kristers Cudars and Danila Patijcuks.
Latvia levelled the score in the 57th minute through Eduards Daskevics. Cyprus responded with a double substitution in the 58th minute, introducing Andronikos Kakoullis and Loizos Loizou. Latvia made another change two minutes later, sending on Vladislavs Gutkovskis for Roberts Uldriķis.
Cyprus made two further changes in the 67th minute, bringing on Ioannis Pittas and Kostakis Artymatas.
In the 70th minute, Cyprus went back in front through Giannis Kosti, making it 2-1.
Latvia made another substitution in the 74th minute, with Eduards Daskevics replacing Albert Aleksanjan. Two minutes later, Danila Patijcuks was booked.
Late in the game, two more yellow cards were shown in the 85th minute, to Cyprus' Leonidas Konomis and Latvia's Andrejs Cigaņiks. Latvia made a further change in the 88th minute, with Dmitrijs Zelenkovs coming on for Aleksejs Saveljevs.
Cyprus made their final substitution in the first minute of stoppage time, with Grigoris Kastanos replacing Nicholas Tsaroulla. Moments later, in the fourth minute of added time, Marcus Edwards scored the decisive goal to make it 2-1. Edwards was shown a yellow card a minute later, in the closing stages of stoppage time.
The numbers
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