TURKISH JOURNALISTS DIDN’T ARRIVE IN ARMENIA
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01:05 pm | June 10, 2009
Sports
No Turkish journalist arrived in Armenia to cover yesterday’s
Armenia-Turkey match. Nor were Turkish fans present at the match.
"Most likely our fans were unable to arrive in Armenia. With regard to
our journalists I must say they made a great mistake as they missed a
wonderful football meeting," says the chief coach of the Turkish team,
Hami Mandiraly.
The former renowned footballer thanked the Armenian Football Federation
for the warm reception. He was also pleased with Armenian football fans
with some reservations. "They had better not whistle while Turkey’s
anthem was being sung. Besides, they had better support their team
and not the rival team."
The Turkish specialist thinks Armenian footballers yielded to Turks
in technics.
"During the second match Armenians pressed us physically but they
couldn’t show better results because of the technical drawbacks."