NATIONAL YOUTH FOOTBALL TEAM OF ARMENIA WINS MATCH AGAINST TURKEY WITH 2-1 SCORE
Noyan Tapan
Au g 21, 2008
YEREVAN, AUGUST 21, NOYAN TAPAN. An Armenia-Turkey football match
took place at Yerevan’s Hrazdan Stadium on August 20 by the group
tournament program of the 2009 European Football Youth (Under 21)
Championship Qualifying Stage.
The match ended in a 2-1 score: the Armenian team won. The goals
were scored by Abdullah Durat (67 min), Karlen Mkrtchian (87 min)
and Henrik Mkhitarian (89 min).
The Armenian foreign minister Edward Nalbandian and the members of
a delegation of the Turkish foreign ministry were present at the match.
The return match was to be held in Turkey on September 10. However,
a match of national teams of Turkey and Belgium is scheduled for that
day, and it has been decided to hold the match of the youth teams a
day earlier – on September 9.