Irish Times
Oct 7 2011
Armenia maintain their late surge for glory
Armenia 4 Macedonia 1: ARMENIA, who play the Republic of Ireland at
the Aviva Stadium on Tuesday night, boosted their hopes of claiming a
top-two finish in the group with a comfortable victory over 10-man
Macedonia in Yerevan yesterday afternoon.
First-half goals by Brazilian-born Marcos Pizzelli and Henrik
Mkhitaryan set the hosts up for a third consecutive victory which
temporarily put them top of Group B before the evening kick-offs.
Macedonia’s misery was compounded when captain Velice Sumulikoski was
sent off for a second booking in the 53rd minute.
Armenia wasted several chances after the interval before Gevorg
Ghazaryan made it 3-0 midway through the second half.
Vance Sikov pulled one goal back for John Toshack’s side with a late
header before substitute Artur Sarkisov rounded goalkeeper Martin
Bogatinov to slot Armenia’s fourth in added time.
Armenia have outscored the opposition 11-1 in their last three games,
including a 4-0 thrashing of Slovakia in Zilina last month.
Coach Vardan Minasyan singled out Yura Movsisyan, voted the man of the
match, for praise after the striker set up three goals. `The whole
team played extremely well but Yura was the key to our attacking
display,’ he said.
ARMENIA: Berezovsky, Hayrapetyan, Aleksanyan, Hovsepyan, Yuspashyan,
Mkhitaryan, Lazarian (Sarkisov 75), Artur Edigaryan, Pizelli
(Manucharyan 63), Ghazaryan (Malakyan 83), Movsisyan. Subs not used:
Petrosyan, Haroyan, Artak Edigaryan, Badoyan. Booked: Lazarian.
FYR MACEDONIA: Bogatinov, Sikov, Popov, Noveski, Georgievski
(Lazarevski 51), Sumulikoski, Demiri, Muarem (Gjurovski
46),Trickovski, Filip Ivanovski (Mitreski 60), Mirko Ivanovski. Subs
not used: Pacovski, Grozdanovski, Mojsov, Lazevski. Booked: Popov,
Mirko Ivanovski, Sumulikoski.
Referee: R Schorgenhofer (Austria).
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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