ARMENIA OCCUPIES THE LAST PLACE IN THE FIRST GROUP
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[03:45 pm] 07 September, 2006
Azerbaijan – Khazakhstan, Finland – Portugal and Poland – Serbia
meetings were held in the elimination trials of "Euro – 2008" alongside
with Armenian – Belgium meeting. All these meetings ended in a draw –
1:1. Only Armenia lost the meeting to Belgium by 0:1 and appeared in
the last place of the 1st group.
1st group
1. Finland 2 meetings 4 points
2. Serbia 2 meetings 4points
3. Belgium 2 meetings 4 points
4.Khazakhstan 2 meetings 2points
5. Portugal 1 meetings 1points
6. Poland 2 meetings 1points
7. Azerbaijan 2 meetings 1points
8. Armenia 1 meetings 0 points
Thus, we can say that only the Armenian football players didn’t manage
to gain points. But we mustn’t forget that in comparison with other
teams Armenian team has held only one meeting so far. Specialists
think that among the first group teams Finland, Belgium, Portugal,
Poland and Serbia are likely to appear in the final phase. But the
first meetings showed that other teams may take the fans unawares.
Other group meetings were also held. Germany beat San – Marino
with surprising scores 13:0. Current World champion Italy lost to
ex-champion French 1:3. At present Italy is in an awful state and
the team may be left out of "Euro – 2008" final phase if they don’t
display proper participation.
To note, Northern Ireland beat Spain 3:2 in Belfast which was the
most striking meeting of the tournament.