Azeri Press Agency, Azerbaijan
Jan 29 2007
Fuad Esedov:Platini will provoke Armenian-Azerbaijani war if he
supports to hold matches in Yerevan and Armenia
[ 29 Jan. 2007 17:44 ]
`We will not play with Armenian national team in Yerevan. And we are
not going to admit Armenians in Baku’, AFFA secretary-general Fuad
Esedov told APA-Sport.
He said that Azerbaijani side stated once more that it wants to play
in a neutral field at the meeting with Armenian Football Federation
in Dusseldorf, Germany.
`AFF leadership insists on playing in Baku and Yerevan. We have
already expressed our decision to UEFA. UEFA Executive Committee will
make a decision in middle February’, he said.
Fuad Esedov noted that he doesn’t believe Michel Platini, new
president of UEFA, will be in pro-Armenian position. He said that
Michel will not able to make decision easily on place of
Azerbaijan-Armenian matches.
`Platini will provoke Armenian-Azerbaijani war if he supports to hold
matches in Yerevan and Armenia. I don’t believe him to make such
decision’, he said. /APA-Sport/