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Austria Defeats Cyprus in Linz Match
Linz, Austria – The Austrian national team defeated Cyprus in a World Cup qualifying match held at the Raiffeisen Arena. Austrian dominance was evident from the start, reflected in their 72% possession of the ball. Cyprus, on the other hand, tried to take advantage of counter-attacking opportunities, accumulating a total of 16 shots, although only 5 of them found the target.
The first half passed without goals, but with a couple of yellow cards for Cyprus, shown to K. Pileas and L. Loizou. In the second half, Austrian pressure paid off when M. Sabitzer converted a penalty in the 54th minute, putting Austria ahead 1-0. Despite the goal, Cyprus continued to fight, although they failed to equalize. Sielis, Kosti, and Posch received yellow cards. Austria generated 10 total shots (3 on target, 6 off target) and 7 corners, while Cyprus 16 total shots (5 on target, 5 off target) and 3 corners. The match concluded with a victory for Austria, who earned three important points on their road to World Cup qualification.
Substitutions austria: at minute 46 M. Arnautovic came in and M. Gregoritsch went out., at minute 46 P. Wimmer came in and R. Schmid went out., at minute 70 X. Schlager came in and S. Posch went out., at minute 70 D. Alaba came in and K. Danso went out., at minute 90 C. Baumgartner came in and F. Grillitsch went out.
Substitutions cyprus: at minute 67 I. Pittas came in and P. Sotiriou went out., at minute 67 M. Tzionis came in and I. Kosti went out., at minute 80 C. Charalampous came in and A. Kakoullis went out., at minute 88 G. Kastanos came in and C. Kyriakou went out., at minute 88 K. Artymatas came in and I. Kousoulos went out.
The teams lined up as follows:
Austria
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Cyprus
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