The trophy and the mascot of this 12 months’s European underneath 17 soccer championship have been unveiled in Larnaca on Saturday.
Talking on the presentation, Cyprus Soccer Affiliation (CFA) chairman George Koumas stated the organisation of such a match is “inside Cyprus’ means”.
He added that the match was initially alleged to happen in 2021 however was postponed because of the Covid-19 pandemic.
He stated, “it’s a large occasion, it’s the final ever underneath 17 Euros, and for us it’s a large take a look at as a result of the identical circumstances and necessities apply to us as for the Euro in Germany, solely in miniature.”
Talking on the matter of Cyprus’ crew, he stated he expects the crew to have a “correct and dignified presence” and that the CFA will “help them as a lot as we will so we will in future ask for one thing even greater for Cyprus”.
Cypriot nationwide underneath 17 crew coach Chrysis Michael stated, “that is the largest and most essential soccer occasion Cyprus has ever undertaken. Congratulations to the chairman and the opposite members of the affiliation for this nice occasion.”
He additionally known as on the general public to “embrace the matches, they’ll see future stars of European soccer and naturally our personal kids, and Cyprus will want help in these video games.”
Requested how far the Cypriot crew can go within the match, he stated, “we knew from the primary on the spot that Cyprus is the smallest nation on the soccer map. We labored very exhausting these 15 months with the boys.”
“We are going to carry out as we must always in each sport, be aggressive, and no matter one of the best consequence is, we’ll welcome it,” he stated.
Cyprus are set to kick off their underneath 17 Euro marketing campaign in opposition to the Czech Republic on Might 20 on the AEK Enviornment in Larnaca.
Their second group stage sport, in opposition to Serbia, will happen on Might 23 on the Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium in Larnaca, earlier than they return to the AEK Enviornment for his or her last group stage sport in opposition to Ukraine on Might 26.
The ultimate is about to happen on June 5 on the Alphamega Stadium in Limassol.
