Turkey expresses gratitude to Armenia

October 12, 2013

The Turkish press has thanked Armenia for its national football
squad’s 2-1 defeat of Bulgaria in Friday’s 2014 World Cup qualifier
penultimate group match.

Due to this defeat, Bulgaria remain second in Group B, with 13 points,
thus having the worst record from among the current second-place teams
in the nine European groups.

Turkey, on the other hand, are second in Group D, with 16 points.

To note, fifty-three European nations are competing for thirteen spots
to the 2014 World Cup finals. The nine group winners will
automatically book their spot at Brazil 2014, whereas the eight
second-place national squads with the best records will face one
another in a knockout phase for the remaining four spots.

The Armenian national team presented a gift to Turkey, writes CNN Turk
news agency of Turkey, and Aksamdaily of Turkey expresses Armenia
gratitude for it.

NEWS.am Sport

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

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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