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Soccer: Armenia Plays Two Crunch World Cup Qualifiers
Special to the Armenian Weekly
The first international break of the season is always an interesting time in soccer/football. Domestic campaigns already have a match or two in the books, depending on the country and league. The English Premier League (EPL) is usually ahead of the curve with three matches played. With this limited sample set, club teams, managers, and board rooms gauge what trajectory their team is on. If teams find themselves behind the pace, whether their standing i
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An extremely disappointing performance and result. Many of the players lacked heart and desire. In addition, to your point, mental sharpness was and has always been an achilles heel for us, especially for the defenders. Taron Voskanyan, who has played with an experienced Alashkert FC side who has won the Armenian PL this past season started over Gael Andonian (I won’t even mention his pathetic 2 yellow cards). A goalkeeper, who did well with the penalty save but was not very commanding in his box and nervous in many times started over the more experienced Arsen Beglaryan. Gor Malakyan starts over the more experienced Artak Edigaryan. So many question marks over the manager’s decisions. At times, I felt like many of these players are a bunch of amateurs. Qualifying hopes is literally over (not sure mathematically).