Cyprus urged to lift game

Cyprus' national coach Stavros Papadopoulos is urging his team to move up a gear for today's World Cup Group Two qualifier with…

Cyprus' national coach Stavros Papadopoulos is urging his team to move up a gear for today's World Cup Group Two qualifier with Andorra.

Cyprus needed an injury-time winner to beat the Andorrans 3-2 and avoid a major upset when the two sides last met in September.

"We managed to win the last time even though it was not a good game (for Cyprus)," Papadopoulos said yesterday. "We have an obligation to play good football." Cyprus, who were hit by a rash of injuries before last month's 4-0 defeat to the Netherlands, have no major injury worries for today's game.

In-form striker Michalis Constantinou, who scored twice against Andorra last time and twice for his club side Iraklis in last week's 3-2 win over Germany's Kaiserslautern in the UEFA Cup second round is expected to lead the attack.