ARMENIA SURPRISE TURKEY IN YEREVAN: TURKEY 1 – ARMENIA 2
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Aug 20 2008
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Last-gasp goals from Karlen Lazarian and Henrik Mkhitaryan denied
Turkey a move to the top of qualifying Group 2.
Aerial presence
With Turkey needing three points to leapfrog the Czech Republic
and take pole position in the race for the UEFA European Under-21
Championship play-offs, the visitors did their best to exploit the
physical presence of Mehmet Batdal, aiming a series of crosses at the
tall striker. Batdal had one effort ruled out for offside, while at
the other end Gevorg Kazaryan and Ogannes Goaryan missed good chances
before Onur Recep Kıvrak made a great save to deny Artur Stepanyan
from close range just before the interval.
Shock winner The keeper foiled Mkhitaryan in a one-on-one situation
after half-time, and it looked like Armenia would pay for their
profligacy as a blunder from full-back Mikheil Simonyan left Turkey
in a great situation, with Abdullah Durak breaking the deadlock on
70 minutes. However, to the delight of a 12,000-strong crowd at the
Hrazdan Stadium in Yerevan, Lazarian finished from a Goaryan free-kick
one minute from time, with Mkhitaryan atoning for his earlier miss
in added time by beating Onur for a shock winner.
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