FRANKY VERCAUTEREN: MATCH AGAINST ARMENIA IMPORTANT

/PanARMENIAN.Net/
08.09.2009 09:54 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Belgium must bounce back from their weekend defeat
by Spain when they face Armenia in midweek, according to head coach
Franky Vercauteren.

The Diables Rouges caused Spain all kinds of trouble in the first
encounter between the two teams around a year ago, but they were
thrashed 5-0 on Saturday evening by the reigning European champions.

As a result, the Belgians are no longer in the race for qualification
for the 2010 World Cup, but Vercauteren still expects his men to do
their utmost in the upcoming match against Armenia.

"The match against Armenia is important for the future of Belgian
football. We kind of expected a loss against Spain, but a bad result
against Armenia is unacceptable. We have to think of our reputation,"
Vercauteren told Sporza.

"I don’t think that we have internal problems between the Anderlecht
and Standard Liege players. You do not need to be best friends in a
team, but you have to be willing to fight for each other. The players
are professional enough to realize that," he said, goal.com reports.