Cypriots bemoan star loss.Byline: By PAUL O'HEHIR CYPRUS star Konstantinos Charalambidis has been forced out of tomorrow night's World Cup qualifier qual·i·fi·er n. 1. One that qualifies, especially one that has or fulfills all appropriate qualifications, as for a position, office, or task. 2. against Ireland. The experienced midfield man haunted Ireland in Nicosia two years ago when firing home a brace in the horrendous hor·ren·dous adj. Hideous; dreadful: "Horrendous explosions shook the whole city" Howard Kaplan. 5-2 defeat. But having picked up bookings in Cyprus' games against Italy and Georgia, he must now serve a one-game suspension. Boss Angelos Anastasiadis put his team through their paces at Bray Wanderers' Carlisle Grounds The Carlisle Grounds is a football stadium in Bray, Co.Wicklow, Ireland, situated directly behind the Bray D.A.R.T. station. It is home to Bray Wanderers A.F.C. Its current capacity is 7,000. last night. He said: "The last thing we wanted was to go into the game in Ireland with players missing." Cyprus drew 1-1 in Tbilisi at the weekend and could have won had they not missed a penalty. Anastasiadis added: "If we go into a game with any other aim than to win things, will go wrong because you will not be in the right frame of mind. "We need to show that we a worthy side." CAPTION(S): BLOW Anastasiadis |
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