Euro 2020 Qualifiers: Cyprus Rise from a goal down to beat Kazakhstan - Kazakhstan 1 - 2 Cyprus

The home side looked in control at the break but Sotiriou's header and Ioannou's first international goal gave Cyprus the win and cemented their position in third place.

Euro 2020 Qualifiers: Cyprus  Rise from a goal down to beat Kazakhstan - Kazakhstan 1 - 2 Cyprus
Kazakhstan 1 - 2 Cyprus

Cyprus are five points behind Russia in Group I after recording a win on Thursday afternoon at the Astana Stadium in Kazakhstan.

The home side looked in control at the break but Sotiriou's header and Ioannou's first international goal gave Cyprus the win and cemented their position in third place.

The loss by Kazakhstan on home soil keeps them on 4th position three points behind Cyprus and a point behind Scotland who have a game in hand with Russia.

Maliy met a corner from the right but his header beat Panayi and struck the inside of the post.

 

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The ball cannon back across the face of goal as Yerlanov bundled it into the net in the 34-minute after much dominance by the home side.

Substitute Špoljarić in the 73-minute fired in a fine flat cross from the left and Sotiriou got in front of his man to glance the header across Nepogodov to draw Cyprus level.

11 minutes later, Cyprus turned the game around. Zachariou slipped in Costi down the right and fired a perfect low cross to the far post for Ioannou to thump home. It was his first international goal, on his 15th appearance.