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Soccer: Armenia Undone by Cristiano Ronaldo Hat-Trick

Special for the Armenian Weekly

A capacity crowd of over 16,000 fans packed the Republican Stadium in Yerevan to welcome Cristiano Ronaldo and Group leaders Portugal to Yerevan on Sat., June 13. The match was the first for Sargis Hovsepyan as interim Armenian manager since replacing Bernard Challandes at the helm in late April. There was no fairytale start to his tenure, however, as Armenia yet again relinquished a first-half lead and ultimately fell by a 3:2 score-line.

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M.J. Graham

Michael Graham is The Armenian Weekly's soccer correspondent. Born and raised in Limerick, Ireland, Graham graduated from the University of Limerick with a bachelor’s degree in electronic engineering. Passionate about soccer, Graham plays in and manages local adult soccer leagues in Massachusetts and is a holder of a U.S. Adult Amateur coaching license. Follow him on Twitter (@mjlgraham).

5 Comments

  1. Ronaldo deserves the 2015 ballon dor though things didn’t go the way he expected.

  2. saddly another loss,our defence needs a lot of work.but still they seem to play well against Portugal.Why could we not take Ronaldo for some patcha hash before the game?

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