{"id":43777,"date":"2025-11-20T22:16:54","date_gmt":"2025-11-20T20:16:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fcilevadia.ee\/?p=43777"},"modified":"2025-11-20T22:19:50","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T20:19:50","slug":"the-estonia-mens-national-team-ended-the-year-with-a-convincing-4-2-win-over-cyprus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fcilevadia.ee\/en\/the-estonia-mens-national-team-ended-the-year-with-a-convincing-4-2-win-over-cyprus\/","title":{"rendered":"The Estonia Men\u2019s National Team ended the year with a convincing 4\u20132 win over Cyprus!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Estonia wrapped up its 2025 international calendar on 18 November in Limassol with a 4\u20132 victory in a friendly against Cyprus.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The hosts controlled the early stages and took the lead in the 16th minute after capitalising on a defensive mistake by Estonia. Toward the end of the first half Estonia grew into the game: first, the Cypriot goalkeeper kept out Kevor Palumets\u2019 free kick, but in the 44th minute Palumets\u2019 corner deflected off a defender into the home side\u2019s own net, making it 1\u20131.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Early in the second half Estonia created several chances, but it was Cyprus who struck again in the 51st minute from a quick counterattack. After that the match calmed down until Estonia\u2019s pressure \u2014 and substitutions \u2014 started to make an impact in the final quarter. In the 78th minute Rauno Sappinen finished off a neat combination with Markus Poom and Patrik Kristal, and five minutes later he put the ball in the net again from a corner situation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sappinen completed his hat-trick in the 87th minute, converting a pass from Michael Schj\u00f8nning-Larsen. Estonia turned the match fully in its favour and secured a well-deserved 4\u20132 win.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A short while earlier, Estonia had faced Norway in a match that resembled the teams\u2019 first meeting: after a determined first half the score remained 0\u20130, but the Norwegians eventually pulled away and Estonia suffered a 4\u20131 defeat. Robi Saarma scored Estonia\u2019s only goal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From FCI Levadia, Michael Schj\u00f8nning-Larsen and Rasmus Peetson recorded valuable minutes against both Norway and Cyprus. Carl Andre Vallner watched from the sidelines this time, and Markus Tammik was unable to take part due to injury.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The national team\u2019s fixtures for this year have now concluded \u2014 the boys in blue will be back in action again next year!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Photo: Liisi Troska \/ jalgpall.ee<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Estonia wrapped up its 2025 international calendar on 18 November in Limassol with a 4\u20132 victory in a friendly against&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":990010,"featured_media":43774,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[254,245],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-43777","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national-team","category-premium-league"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The Estonia Men\u2019s National Team ended the year with a convincing 4\u20132 win over Cyprus! 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