Armenia beat Guatemala 7-1: Mkhitaryan nets hattrick

The Armenian national team beat Guatemala 7:1 in a friendly held in Los Angeles.

The win marks the greatest victory in the team’s history. Guatemala’s Carlos Luiz scored the opener at the 7th minute, but the goal was cancelled by Henrikh Mkhitaryan at 39th.

With two more goals at the 60th and 70th minutes, Mkhitaryan netted the first hattrick in the history of the Armenian national team.

Goals: Carlos Luiz (7), Henrikh Mkhitaryan (39), Edgar Manucharyan (45), Gegham Kadimyan (50), Henrikh Mkhitaryan (60), Henrikh Mkhitaryan (70), Arthur Sarkisov (73), Zaven Badoyan (84).

Armenia will next face El Salvador on June 1 (7 a.m. June 2 Yerevan time).

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