Ireland v Cyprus

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Ireland Goal 5 min- Damien Duff crossed from the right and Robbie Keane was left unmarked at the backpost and the nation's top-scorer put Ireland one up

Cyprus Yellow Card 24 min- Elia booked for fouling Damien Duff near the halfway line

Cyprus Yellow Card 44 min- Constantinou booked for a foul on Robbie Keane

Half time

Cyprus Substitute half-time- Andreas Papathanasiou for Lambros Lambrou

Cyprus Substitute 53 min- Georgios Panagi for Christakis Maragkos

Cyprus Substitute 79 min- Yiasoumis Yaisoumi for Michael Constantinou

Full-time-Ireland 1-0 Cyprus

Ireland: Shay Given, Paul Mc Shane, Kevin Kilbane, John O’Shea, Richard Dunne, Glenn Whealan, Aiden Mc Geady, Darron Gibson, Kevin Doyle, Robbie Keane, Damien Duff.



Subs: Stephen Hunt, Liam Miller, Andy Keogh, Andy Reid, Dean Kiely, Damian Delaney, Caleb Folan.

Cyprus: Antonis Giorgallidis, Dimitris Christofi, Elias Charalambous, Lambros Lambrou, Andreas Constantinou, Marios Ilia, Ioannis Okkas, Alexandros G. Garpozis, Michael Constantinou Konstantinos Makridis, Christakis Maragkos.

Subs:: Efstathios Aloneftis, Michael Morphis, Georgios Panagi, Andreas Papathanasiou, Kyriakos Pavlou, Yiasoumis Yaisoumi, Sofronis Avgousti.

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