Awayday win cheers Armenia
Saturday 2 June 2007
Armenia lifted themselves off the bottom of Group A
with their first win in six UEFA EURO 2008′ qualifiers
at the expense of Kazakhstan in Almaty.
Hovsepyan decisive
The visitors were always the brighter and took full
control of the match just after the half-hour mark.
Robert Arzumanyan opened the scoring with a left-foot
shot from the edge of the area before Sargis Hovsepyan
doubled the advantage from the penalty spot after
Samvel Melkonyan had been fouled. Ruslan Baltiyev then
got a late consolation for Kazakhstan, also from the
spot. Armenia’s first goals of the campaign proved
enough to move them on to four points, ahead of
Azerbaijan on goal difference. They face a sterner
test on Wednesday when they welcome the group leaders
Poland to Yerevan as Azerbaijan go to Kazakhstan, who
sit one point above the bottom two.
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