Cyprus’ national team is gearing up for the international friendly away games against Hungary and Ukraine on June 4 and 7 respectively.<\/p>\n
Three Apollon players were called up by the national team’s coach Nikos Kostenoglou: Ioannis Pittas, Charalambos Kyriakou and Andreas Panagiotou. They will take part in Cyprus’ national team trainings and will be available in view of the upcoming games.<\/p>\n
Ioannis Pittas made his official debut with the Men’s national team on 13\/10\/2019 against Russia, so far he has made 15 international appearances and scored one goal.<\/p>\n
One of the team’s captain, Haralambos Kyriakou, had his first cap with the national team during an international friendly game at GSP against Northern Ireland on 3\/5\/2014. All in all, he played 34 times for the national team.<\/p>\n
Andreas Panagiotou came back to the Men’s National Team after two years. The international wing-back played for the first and only time with the national team on 22\/3\/2017 in a friendly game against Kazakhstan at GSP.<\/p>\n
Andreas Panagiotou discussed with the team’s press officer about his return to the Men’s national team:<\/p>\n
“I am very happy that Mr. Kostenoglou considered my comeback into the national team. Since the beginning of the season, It has been a goal for me. Thanks to my performance at Apollon this season, I managed to put myself under the spotlight and I now I can say that I succeeded in getting back to the national team.”
\nWhen asking him whether he expected to be called up, the 25-year-old defender said that his good performances with the team recently boosted his confidence and believed his name would be written on the list.<\/p>\n
The player promised he would give his best for the national team: “I am willing to do whatever Mr. Kostenoglou asks me and I will try to give my best in order to honor national flag on my chest.”<\/p>\n
Finally, we asked him to say a few words about the next two opponents of the national team, he also had a word on his former teammate Attila Salae: “Both countries will take part in the upcoming Euro and they are high quality teams. I will also have the opportunity to meet Attila after a few months, I will be very happy to meet him again in person.” Cyprus’ national team is gearing up<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":47754,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[163],"tags":[1141,938,1201,943],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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