JadranSport.org, Serbia and Montenegro
June 5 2005

WC 2006 qualifier Armenia vs. FYR Macedonia 1:2 Report: Lazio’s
striker Pandev scores a double for Macedonian victory
04.06.2005
by Damir Jovanovic

Serbian coach Slobodan Santrac (Slobodan Santraè) had a reason or
two to cheer this evening as his team FYR Macedonia scored twice and
held off Armenian attacks throughout the 90 minutes in Yerevan by
what they finished the match with a 2:1 score in their favor.

The scorer of both goals for Macedonians was 21 year old Lazio’s
forward Goran Pandev who first given his team advantage in 29th minute
from the penalty spot and then just one minute after the interval
the lad who was considered the biggest talent of this Balkan country
football made a run through the Armenian defense taking advantage
of Sargis Hovsepyan’s error and successfully delivered the ball past
the home side goalkeeper.

In 54th minute Armenia succeeded to pull one back through Edgar
Manucharyan but they weren’t able to find a way to sign in an equalizer
in the remaining part of the game.

Macedonia is now 6th in Group 1 with 8 points but probably with no
chance to go up on the ladder as most of the top teams in the group
have one or two matches played less than them. Netherlands currently
holds the leader’s place, Czech Republic is second, Romania third
and Finland is fourth. Armenia has four points less than Macedonia
and so does Andorra.

Armenia – FYR Macedonia 1:2 Goals: Manucharyan 54′ – Pandev 29′
penalty, 46′.

Line ups

Armenia: Berezovsky, Dokhoyan, Hovsepyan, Khachatryan, Tadevosyan,
Lazarian, Aleksanyan (from 76′ Jenebyan), Sarkisyan (from 51′
Manucharyan), Mkhitaryan, Shahgeldyan, Voskanyan (from 67′ Hakobyan).

Macedonia: Madzovski, Lazarevski, Petrov, Sedloski, Vasoski, Popov
(from 57′ Krstev), Mitreski, Sumulikoski (from 83′ Kralevski), Maznov
(from 66′ Ismaili), Pandev, Grozdanovski. Bookings: Popov Mitreski
(FYR Macedonia). Referee: Tomasz Mikulski from Poland.

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