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May 17 2011
Armenia
French football federation is concerned about the assistant coach
Alian Boghossian's statement in the opening of the Grozny stadium.
"L'Equipe" says Boghossian, a former player who is now assistant coach
for the French national team, told Friday that he "didn't take a euro
and had nothing to reproach himself with" after the match. "It's a
private initiative, independent of the French Football Federation.
Several days ago, a player called me and proposed I participate in a
match in Chechnya for a humanitarian cause. I come from Armenia, where
the people suffered like the people in this very close region. So I
responded that I would go. I took vacation days and went. For free,
clearly."
May 17 2011
Armenia
French football federation is concerned about the assistant coach
Alian Boghossian's statement in the opening of the Grozny stadium.
"L'Equipe" says Boghossian, a former player who is now assistant coach
for the French national team, told Friday that he "didn't take a euro
and had nothing to reproach himself with" after the match. "It's a
private initiative, independent of the French Football Federation.
Several days ago, a player called me and proposed I participate in a
match in Chechnya for a humanitarian cause. I come from Armenia, where
the people suffered like the people in this very close region. So I
responded that I would go. I took vacation days and went. For free,
clearly."