One of the Euro 2024 football matches took place on 20 June. Team Norway and Team Cyprus met.
Euro 2024
Norway v Cyprus - 3:0 (1:0)
Goals: O. Solbakken (12), Holand (56), Holand (60)
Warnings: Fredrik Orsnes (18), Ioannis Pittas (37), B. Finne (89)
Norway face Cyprus in a thrilling European Championship qualifying match at the Ulleval Stadium. The score was 1-0 in favour of Norway at half-time, but they went on to win comfortably 3-1 in regulation time. In the 12th minute, Norway deservedly took the lead thanks to a clinical strike from O. Solbakken, who took control of the match. However, the match was far from over and F. Aursnes received a yellow card in the 18th minute. Cyprus also had a player in the referee's book, I. Pittas, who received a yellow card in the 37th minute. In the 56th minute, a penalty was awarded to Norway and E. Haaland made no mistake from the spot, doubling the lead.
However, in the 90th minute G. Kastanos (Cyprus) scored a fantastic goal to make the score 3-1 and bring consolation to his team. Both teams made substitutions throughout the match, with Norway making four substitutions and Cyprus making five. Norway's O. Solbakken and E. Haaland were replaced by S. Berge and B. Finne in the 58th and 87th minutes respectively. J. Ryerson also replaced B. Wembangomo in the 59th minute and P. Berg was replaced by K. Thorstvedt in the 74th minute. Cyprus replaced K. Pileas with S. Andreou, M. Antoniou for L. Loiza and K. Haralampus for M. Tzionis in the 61st minute. D. Christofi came on in place of I. Pittas in the 70th minute, while I. Kosoulos replaced G. Satsias in the 90th minute. The match was an exciting encounter between two sides aiming to qualify for the European Championship. Although Cyprus struggled, Norway eventually showed their quality and won 3-1.
In the next round, the opponents will face the following matches: Norway v Georgia and Cyprus v Scotland.
| Norway national team | Team Cyprus | |
|---|---|---|
| 7 | Goals on goal | 2 |
| 17 | Shots | 8 |
| 5 | Blocked kicks | 2 |
| 14 | Kicks from the penalty area | 1 |
| 3 | Kicks from behind the penalty box | 7 |
| 10 | Offences | 7 |
| 7 | Corner | 4 |
| 2 | Offsides | 0 |
| 66% | Possession of the ball | 34% |
| 1 | Yellow cards | 1 |
| 0 | Red cards | 0 |
| 2 | Safeties by goalkeeper | 3 |
| 617 | Total assists | 325 |
| 561 | Accurate passes | 259 |
| 91% | Accuracy of transmissions | 80% |