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TURKISH AND ARMENIAN U-21S PLAY TODAY
Today's Zaman
Sept 9 2008
Turkey
Barely three days after the Turkish and Armenian senior national
soccer teams played their first-ever match in a 2010 World Cup Group
5 qualifier in Yerevan, which the Turks comfortably won 2-0, the two
countries will be in action again today -- this time in a 2009 UEFA
European Under-21 Championship qualifying Group 2 game.
The Turks lead the group and only need a draw to qualify for the
playoffs. The Czech Republic trails Turkey by to points and even if
it beats Ukraine today, that win will be meaningless as long as the
Turks don't drop points against the Armenians.
On Saturday Turkey beat the Czechs 2-0 in Bursa with two second-half
goals by Aydın Karabulut to topple the visitors from the top of
Group 2. Moreover the Turkish U-21s have old scores to settle with
the Armenians, who surprisingly beat them 2-1 in Armenia last month
with last-gasp goals from Karlen Lazarian and Henrik Mkhitaryan. So
the Turks today will go all out to avenge that defeat and crown it
with a ticket for the playoffs.
--Boundary_(ID_7lZvhaGzwnfUhqxwdbHpxg)- -
Today's Zaman
Sept 9 2008
Turkey
Barely three days after the Turkish and Armenian senior national
soccer teams played their first-ever match in a 2010 World Cup Group
5 qualifier in Yerevan, which the Turks comfortably won 2-0, the two
countries will be in action again today -- this time in a 2009 UEFA
European Under-21 Championship qualifying Group 2 game.
The Turks lead the group and only need a draw to qualify for the
playoffs. The Czech Republic trails Turkey by to points and even if
it beats Ukraine today, that win will be meaningless as long as the
Turks don't drop points against the Armenians.
On Saturday Turkey beat the Czechs 2-0 in Bursa with two second-half
goals by Aydın Karabulut to topple the visitors from the top of
Group 2. Moreover the Turkish U-21s have old scores to settle with
the Armenians, who surprisingly beat them 2-1 in Armenia last month
with last-gasp goals from Karlen Lazarian and Henrik Mkhitaryan. So
the Turks today will go all out to avenge that defeat and crown it
with a ticket for the playoffs.
--Boundary_(ID_7lZvhaGzwnfUhqxwdbHpxg)- -