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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).
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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).