Fifa.com
March 29 2009
Armenia battle back to hold Estonia
(Reuters) Saturday 28 March 2009
Substitute Gevorg Ghazarjan scored a late equaliser to give Armenia a
2-2 draw against Estonia in a 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa?â??¢
qualifier.
Referee Luc Wilmes awarded Armenia the 88th-minute goal after linesman
Antonio de Carolis ruled Ghazarjan’s effort had crossed the line in
mid-air before goalkeeper Sergei Pareiko palmed the ball away.
Striker Henrikh Mkhitaryan had put Armenia ahead just past the
half-hour but Estonia equalised within three minutes through Konstatin
Vassiljev and went in front when substitute Sergei Zenjov scored with
23 minutes remaining.
Both teams are in the bottom two places in European Zone Group 5 after
five matches, Estonia with two points and Armenia on one