UNPRECEDENTED EVENT IN THE ARMENIAN FOOTBALL
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| 12:19:31 | 01-06-2005 | Sports |
The Armenian national youth football team (up to 19 years old) had a
wonderful performance in the Football European Championship second
preliminary phase. The Armenian footballers were included in the
4th group where they played with the national youth teams of Italy,
Belgium and Hungary.
In the last 3rd round the Armenian national team of 19-year-old
players beat the hosts – Hungary 5:0 and reached the final phase of
the Football European Championship. In this game Edgar Manoucharyan
scored 4 times. Another goal was scored by Artak Hovhannisyan. In
the other game of the round Italy was beaten by Belgium 0:2.
The Armenian national youth team took the first place in the 4th
group with 7 points. In the history of Armenian football not a single
team in any age category had managed to each the final phase of the
European or World championship.
The final phase of the European Championship will take place this June
in Northern Ireland, with the participation of 8 teams. From the CIS
and ex-Soviet countries only the Armenian national team was able to
reach the finals.