ARMENIAN FOOTBALL FEDERATION: HOW IT HAPPENED
Panorama.am
12:44 02/04/2009
Estonian mass media said on 1 April that the President of Estonian
Football Federation Ayvar Pochlakov accused Armenian Football
Federation of threatening him. The executive director of Armenian
Football Federation Armen Minasyan gave official statement in
this regard. "It is difficult to imagine that the President of
Estonian Football Federation could make such announcement. We have
always had good relations with this federation," is written in the
official statement. According to the executive director of Armenian
Football Federation as soon as Armenian team entered the stadium to
make their trainings a man shouting and smearing them attacked on
the footballers. Later they found out that it was the President of
Estonian Football Federation Mr. Pochlakov. Rouben Hayrapetyan the
President of Armenian Football Federation managed to calm him down
and the team was taken out of the stadium. Armen Minasyan says that
their Estonian colleagues were feeling shame for their President's
approach and asked to forgive them for such unpleasant situation.
Panorama.am
12:44 02/04/2009
Estonian mass media said on 1 April that the President of Estonian
Football Federation Ayvar Pochlakov accused Armenian Football
Federation of threatening him. The executive director of Armenian
Football Federation Armen Minasyan gave official statement in
this regard. "It is difficult to imagine that the President of
Estonian Football Federation could make such announcement. We have
always had good relations with this federation," is written in the
official statement. According to the executive director of Armenian
Football Federation as soon as Armenian team entered the stadium to
make their trainings a man shouting and smearing them attacked on
the footballers. Later they found out that it was the President of
Estonian Football Federation Mr. Pochlakov. Rouben Hayrapetyan the
President of Armenian Football Federation managed to calm him down
and the team was taken out of the stadium. Armen Minasyan says that
their Estonian colleagues were feeling shame for their President's
approach and asked to forgive them for such unpleasant situation.