ARMENIAN TEAM LEFT FOR MALTA

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[12:46 pm] 10 September, 2007

The team of Cyprus beat the Armenian national football team 3:1 within
the framework of the Cyprus-Armenia friendly meeting. The score was
opened by Michel at the 31st minute.

Four minutes later Armenian footballer Robert Arzumanyan equaled the
match. It is noteworthy that central back Arzumanyan has scored three
goals at the preceding four meetings.

The next two goals were scored by the Cyprus players Okas and
Konstantinu.

Obviously, Yan Porterfield’s absence greatly affected the Armenian
team. Our footballers who had displayed excellent football at the
previous three meetings were unexpectedly beaten by a comparatively
weaker team of Cyprus.

Porterfield was unable to attend the meeting because of a serious
illness and Ton Johns and Vardan Minasyan shared his responsibilities.

After the meeting the Armenian team left for Malta to participate
in the Armenia-Malta friendly meeting scheduled for September
12. On September 9, Malta caught football fans unawares playing the
"Euro-2008" Malta-Turkey try-out in a draw – 2:2.