Yerevan September 1
Alexander Avanesov. "We would not want to get ahead of football processes. Let the teams determine their own applications for matches against "Garabagh". After that it will be possible to return to this issue. If we receive an appeal on this matter, it will be considered, "said the head of the press service of the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry, Hikmet Hajiyev, 1news.az, commenting on the possibility of refusing the arrival of the London Arsenal player in Baku for the Europa League match against Azeri" Garabagh " the national team of Armenia Henrikh Mkhitaryan.
As is known, "Arsenal" was in group E, in which, besides "Garabagh", there were also Lisbon "Sporting" and Ukrainian "Vorskla". In the latter, by the way, is another Armenian football player – Gegham Kadimyan. After the two clubs got into one group with "Karabakh", the question arose whether the Armenian footballers will come to the matches of the Europa League in Baku. Moreover, the final of the Europa League this season will also take place in Baku. And "Arsenal", in the opinion of bookmakers, is one of the main favorites of the tournament. The fan page of the London club on Twitter "Afcstuff" announced immediately after the draw that Heinrich Mkhitaryan will miss the Baku game against "Garabagh", as "Azerbaijan prohibits entry for citizens of this country because of strained relations with Armenia", and there it is added that for these reasons, Mkhitaryan will also miss the final if Arsenal breaks in there.
Let's remind that in October 2015 Henrikh Mkhitaryan did not come to the Europa League match against Gabala as part of his former club – the German "Borussia".