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Armenian National Team Records First Win of 2012
During the short international break in late February, most countries play one friendly match before players return to their club duties. Armenian head coach Vardan Minasyan took the opportunity to assemble a larger than average squad to play two matches back-to-back versus Serbia and Canada. The matches were held on Feb. 28 and Feb. 29, respectively, at the Tsirion Stadium in Limassol, Cyprus. In doing so, Minasyan gave himself a chance to introduce some young players into the international setup, while also continuing to develop his vision for the team with the senior players.
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Congratulations to the Highlanders for their win against Canada and to Aras Ozbiliz for his great debut. I hope that this is a precedent for many victories to come!
AMEN to that David jan..
there was this guy Yagan, from belgium; there was some talk of him playing for armenia
what happened with that ?
Hirac Yagan plays for Ghanzasar yet he hasn’t started game in all of 2011.
Graham forgot to mention that the match against Serbia would not count as a friendly requiring tally reporting for the FIFA rankings, rather a game that both countries had agreed upon and that’s primarily why Maestro Minasyan started his U21 squad.
Go Team Armenia!!! We may be small but we are mighty just like with our chess teams.
Thank you Mr. Graham for the coverage of these two games.
Armenian players learning from Serbia, and maybe Canada learning from Armenia :)
Although Minasyan selected a lot of youth players against the senior Serbia side, thus making it difficult to win, the match was in fact included in Armenia’s latest rankings. This can be seen on the FIFA.com rankings page.
I will hopefully follow up with an article that explains the FIFA ranking calculations.