COACH DID NOT ARRIVE
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[01:25 pm] 15 November, 2007
Tom Johns, the chief coach of the Armenian football team did not
arrive in Yerevan to prepare the team for the upcoming meeting with
Portugal. John will not work in the Armenian nation team any more.
After the death of Scottish coach Yan Porterfield, Tom Johns, Vardan
Minasyan and Armen Gyulbudaghyan trained the national team. As a chief
coach, the Englishman undertook the responsibility of preparing the
team before the matches with Serbia and Belgium. The team is ignorant
of the reason that caused Johns’ leaving, but it was obvious that he
would not work as a chief coach after the selective phase.
The Chairman of the Armenian Football Federation Ruben Hayrapetyan said
in a press conference recently: "Johns prepared the team physically
but could not work as a chief coach". Johns left the team in a very
responsible moment. In 2 days the Armenian national team will have
a very decisive match hosting the national team of Portugal.
Vardan Minasyan and Armen Gyulbudaghyan will train the team for the
upcoming meetings. These coaches headed the national team during the
meeting with Poland on 28 March 2007, which ended 0:1 in favour of
the Polish national team.