The coach of the National U-21 Team, Marios Nikolaou, from the very moment our national team players gathered for training in preparation for the official matches, he has clearly emphasized the team’s expectations, regardless of the fact that we’re near the bottom of the standings.
“These are the last three games of the qualifying round, and for us, every game is important. When you play for the national team, you represent your country and you have to give it your all.
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We’ll work every day to make Cyprus proud—that’s our goal,” our new national team coach emphasized at the outset, concluding by adding:
“We’ll take each game one at a time to achieve the best possible result, and at this stage, we have the match against Romania ahead of us.
They’re a very strong team with excellent players who compete at a high level. However, we’re playing at home, and we’ll prepare properly to perform as well as possible in Friday’s match so that we can compete for the best possible result.”
The match against Romania will take place at the “AEK Arena” and will begin at 7:00 p.m.
- You can watch the games against Romania and San Marino live and exclusively on AlphaNews.Live – Papa John’s Pizza is the broadcast sponsor for the National Under-21 Team’s matches.
Free admission upon presentation of a fan card for individuals over 14 years of age.
We faced Romania in Cluj on October 14, 2025, and lost 2-0 in our first match against them in Group 1 of the qualifying round.
This will be followed on September 30 by an away game against Kosovo, and the group stage will conclude on October 6 with a match against San Marino at AEK Arena.
Call-up for Kontopoulos
Our national team coach has issued an additional call-up, and Savvas Kontopoulos will begin training starting today. The Digenis Akritas Morphou player was initially called up to the National Youth Team, which is preparing for friendly matches in Moldova.
The training camp in preparation for the match against Romania will conclude this coming Thursday with a training session at AEK Arena.
