ARMENIA IS THE 6-TH

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[12:41 pm] 18 October, 2007

The Armenian National Football Team was defeated by the Belgium
National Football Team 0:3 in Brussels yesterday. This was the second
failure of the Armenian team within the frameworks of "Euro-2008".

Armenia got 8 points during the previous 4 matches.

Our team had the chance to make a progress and appear in the 5-th
place in the match list. Our team was playing well during the first
half of the match, but during the second half of the match the Belgium
team managed to score goals.

This was a great failure for the Armenian team after 4 successful
matches. Of course, the Armenian team could not conclude all matches
successfully, but the today’s Belgium team cannot be compared with
Brazilian or Italian football teams. One of the objective causes of
the team’s failure was the physical state of our footballers. The
team had not recovered after Armenia-Serbia match and it was obvious
in the second half of the match.

In the A selective group, where the Armenian team is also involved,
another 2 meeting took place yesterday.

The Azerbaijani team was defeated by Serbia team 1:6 in Baku. The
National Football Team of Portugal defeated Kazakhstan team 2:1
yesterday.

Here is the match list of A group.

M. P.

1. Poland 12 24

2. Portugal 12 23

3. Serbia 12 20

4. Finland 12 20

5. Belgium 12 15

6. Armenia 10 9

7. Kazakhstan 12 7

8. Azerbaijan 10 5