TURKISH NATIONAL FOOTBALL TEAM TO HEAD ARMENIA FRIDAY

Hurriye
Sept 4 2008
Turkey

The Turkish national football team will head to Yerevan Friday to
play a World Cup qualifying match against Armenia.

The team’s captain, Emre Belozoglu is fit for Saturday’s game, while
there little possibility that tireless midfielder Mehmet Aurelio
will play against the Armenian national team due to injury, Dogan
News Agency reported.

Turkey’s national team coach Fatih Terim is scheduled to hold a press
conference at 1430 GMT on Friday at Yerevan’s Hrazdan Stadium, where
the game will be played.

Terim said Tuesday the match could help build better relations with
Armenia. The team are going to Yerevan "to play a game and not to
fight a war," he added.

The Armenian team continues preparations for Saturday’s game with
training at Yerevan’s Hrazdan Stadium.

The Turkish team is more likely to win in the game, Armenia’s national
team coach Jan Poulsen told the Dogan News Agency after the training.