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Pizzeli wins cup for Ararat

Pizzeli wins cup for Ararat
Friday 9 May 2008

Markos Pizzeli struck two minutes from time as FC
Ararat Yerevan won the Armenian Cup with a 2-1 win
against FC Banants.

Matiughin saves
It was the fifth time Ararat have won the competition,
equalling the record held by FC MIKA. Banants started
brightly with Simeon Zlatev coming close but their
ardour was soon cooled by bookings to Marko Markov and
Karen Aleksanyan in quick succession. Ararat took the
initiative and came close on ten minutes. Pizzeli’s
powerful drive was parried by Banants goalkeeper
Evghenii Matiughin into the path of Sargis Movsisyan
who blazed over. Matiughin denied Pizzeli again on 29
minutes, saving his fierce drive from 35 metres.

Pizzeli winner
Banants were playing largely on the break and showed a
real cutting edge seven minutes before the interval to
take the lead. Bulgarians Marko Markov and Simeon
Zlatev played a neat one-two before Markov shot in
from a tight angle. Banants had further chances soon
after and were made to rue those misses in the second
half when Ararat took command. After a period of
pressure Ararat finally drew level 15 minutes from
time when Vahagn Minasyan headed in Pizzeli’s
free-kick. The match was played in pouring rain,
disrupting its flow, but just as the game looked to
heading for extra-time Pizzeli struck, scoring with a
slight deflection off a defender. The victory earns
Ararat a place in the first qualifying round of the
UEFA Cup for the 2008/09 season.

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From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

Emil Lazarian: “I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS
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