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Armenia’s Euro ‘12 Return Leg in Russia
After a goalless draw on March 26 against their former Soviet Union comrades in Armenia, June 4 marked the return leg with Russia playing the role of the host team at Luzhniki Stadium.
A win for Armenia would have meant topping the group with 11 points, 1 in front of Russia and, depending on the results from the other group matches later in the day, a point on to
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It was quite apparent that the French referee was bought by the Russians. His conduct on the field was inexcusable, and he should be suspended forever. Calling for a penalty shot was ridiculous, Armenia’s Berezovsky condemned Stephane Lannoy as did the captain Hovsepyan, and the referee reportedly apologized for making a hasty decision.
Well into the second half of the game Russia’s Berezutsky deliberately knocked down Armenia’s Movsisyan and then Mkhitaryan and only recieved a sympathetic glance from Lannoy which further infuriated soccer fans who enjoy watching a fair game.
thanks for this good account of football affairs. One minor mistake, the match was played in St. Petersburg’s Petrovski Stadium rather than in Moscow’s Luzhniki arena.
I recently read that Araz Özbiliz has agreed to play for the Armenian NT and will debut in a friendly against Lithuania in August. Is this true and any further info?
Didn’t get to see the game, but this article gave me great feel of the game.
Thanks
From what I heard and read on msg boards and Holland Footballing sites, Araz Özbiliz turned down Armenia and is opting to play for Holland, but that could change.
Özbiliz hasn’t officially decided anything yet.
From what I read he agreed to play in the friendly against Lithuania but i dont know what FIFA rules say about playing in a friendly (meaning if he plays in the friendly than he cant play for the Netherlands).
According to http://www.soccertimes.com/wagman/2001/apr30.htm
1. Any player who is a naturalized citizen of a country in virtue of that country’s laws shall be eligible to play for a national or representative team of that country.
2. If a player has been included in a national or representative team of a country for which he is eligible to play pursuant to paragraph 1, he shall not be permitted to take part in an international match for another country. Accordingly, any player who is qualified to play for more than one national association (i.e. who has dual nationality) will be deemed to have committed himself to one association only when he plays his first international match in an official competition (at any level) for that association.
3. The only players exempt from this provision are those whose nationality has been changed not voluntarily but as the result of an international decree either granting independence to a region or ceding part of one country to another.
Friendly matches do not constitute “official competitions,” but, at times, various confederations use different and changing standards for qualification of teams to regional youth championships.
So I don’t know if this means Ozbiliz will join Armenia or if he just wants to see how the team is.
And here is a link to the article that says Ozbiliz will play in the Lithuania game.
http://armsport.am/am/news/2/29/21327/
Yes, it is true that Araz Ozbiliz will play for Armenia. I read today from one of the sites that he agreed to play in this game against Lithuania on August 10. Wish him best of the best for that decision. I hope, this wll be more than just a sport move, but also something else…