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IRELAND V ARMENIA MATCH HISTORY
by Ronan
GreenScene
Oct 11 2011
The Armenia national football team (or Õ~@Õ¡ÕµÕ¡Õ½Õ¿Õ¡Õ¶Õ"
O~FÕ¸O~BÕ¿Õ¢Õ¸Õ¬Õ" Õ¡Õ¦Õ£Õ¡ÕµÕ"Õ¶ Õ°Õ¡Õ¾Õ¡O~DÕ¡Õ¯Õ¡Õ¶ in Armenian)
has been in existence less than twenty years, but 2010 was the first
time they played against the Republic of Ireland in a friendly or
competitive fixture.
3 September 2010 - Armenia 0-1 Republic of Ireland When the six teams
who made up Euro 2012 qualifying Group B couldn't agree on fixtures,
UEFA was forced to intervene. As a result, Giovanni Trapattoni's
Ireland would open and close the group with fixtures against Armenia,
who many saw as yet another Eastern European minnow.
Before the opening game in Yerevan, Trapattoni said he would be happy
with a one goal win, and that's exactly what he got, as Ireland were
forced to work hard to get three points. The first half was fairly
uneventful, with neither goalkeeper being particularly troubled.
Robbie Keane had Ireland's best chance from a Kevin Doyle flick-on in
the early stages, but his volley went wide. Sean St. Ledger forced
a save from Roman Berezovsky after Aiden McGeady's free kick, but
aside from those two chances in the first 45, Ireland created little
of note. Robbie Keane did have the ball in the net after a pass from
Glenn Whelan, but it was correctly given offside. At the other end,
Shay Given had a quiet first period, but was called into action a
couple of times after the interval, with Armenia looking much more
threatening. Henrik Mkhitaryan and Yura Movsisyan linked up well in the
Armenian attack, with the latter almost causing Richard Dunne to add to
his tally of own goals. Instead the ball hit the top of the crossbar,
and Ireland's blushes were saved. Mkhitaryan regularly had Paul Green
in his pocket, with the Derby County man having a nervy competitive
debut. After a nervy fifteen minutes, Ireland got back into the game,
and should have led through Robbie Keane, but he could only find the
post when one-on-one with the keeper. It seemed as if the match would
end scoreless, only for the intervention of Keith Fahey, coming off
the bench to make his fourth cap, and his competitive debut. Neat
play from Liam Lawrence, Keane, and Doyle found Fahey unmarked, and
he powered home for his first international goal, giving Giovanni
Trapattoni three points to open his Euro 2012 account.
Armenia: Berezovsky, Hovsepyan, Arzumanyan, Karlen Lazarian,
Arakelian, Grigorian, Artur Edigaryan, Malakyan, Pachajyan, Movsisyan,
Mkhitaryan. Subs: Kasparov, Hambardzumyan, Pizelli, Goharyan, Manoyan,
Manucharyan, Mkoyan.
Republic of Ireland: Given, O'Shea, St. Ledger, Dunne, Kilbane,
Lawrence, Whelan, Green, McGeady, Keane, Doyle. Subs: Westwood, Fahey,
Kelly, Gibson, Cunningham, Keogh, Sheridan.
Referee: Zsolt Szabo (Hungary)
http://greenscene.me/2011/10/ireland-v-armenia-match-history/
From: A. Papazian
by Ronan
GreenScene
Oct 11 2011
The Armenia national football team (or Õ~@Õ¡ÕµÕ¡Õ½Õ¿Õ¡Õ¶Õ"
O~FÕ¸O~BÕ¿Õ¢Õ¸Õ¬Õ" Õ¡Õ¦Õ£Õ¡ÕµÕ"Õ¶ Õ°Õ¡Õ¾Õ¡O~DÕ¡Õ¯Õ¡Õ¶ in Armenian)
has been in existence less than twenty years, but 2010 was the first
time they played against the Republic of Ireland in a friendly or
competitive fixture.
3 September 2010 - Armenia 0-1 Republic of Ireland When the six teams
who made up Euro 2012 qualifying Group B couldn't agree on fixtures,
UEFA was forced to intervene. As a result, Giovanni Trapattoni's
Ireland would open and close the group with fixtures against Armenia,
who many saw as yet another Eastern European minnow.
Before the opening game in Yerevan, Trapattoni said he would be happy
with a one goal win, and that's exactly what he got, as Ireland were
forced to work hard to get three points. The first half was fairly
uneventful, with neither goalkeeper being particularly troubled.
Robbie Keane had Ireland's best chance from a Kevin Doyle flick-on in
the early stages, but his volley went wide. Sean St. Ledger forced
a save from Roman Berezovsky after Aiden McGeady's free kick, but
aside from those two chances in the first 45, Ireland created little
of note. Robbie Keane did have the ball in the net after a pass from
Glenn Whelan, but it was correctly given offside. At the other end,
Shay Given had a quiet first period, but was called into action a
couple of times after the interval, with Armenia looking much more
threatening. Henrik Mkhitaryan and Yura Movsisyan linked up well in the
Armenian attack, with the latter almost causing Richard Dunne to add to
his tally of own goals. Instead the ball hit the top of the crossbar,
and Ireland's blushes were saved. Mkhitaryan regularly had Paul Green
in his pocket, with the Derby County man having a nervy competitive
debut. After a nervy fifteen minutes, Ireland got back into the game,
and should have led through Robbie Keane, but he could only find the
post when one-on-one with the keeper. It seemed as if the match would
end scoreless, only for the intervention of Keith Fahey, coming off
the bench to make his fourth cap, and his competitive debut. Neat
play from Liam Lawrence, Keane, and Doyle found Fahey unmarked, and
he powered home for his first international goal, giving Giovanni
Trapattoni three points to open his Euro 2012 account.
Armenia: Berezovsky, Hovsepyan, Arzumanyan, Karlen Lazarian,
Arakelian, Grigorian, Artur Edigaryan, Malakyan, Pachajyan, Movsisyan,
Mkhitaryan. Subs: Kasparov, Hambardzumyan, Pizelli, Goharyan, Manoyan,
Manucharyan, Mkoyan.
Republic of Ireland: Given, O'Shea, St. Ledger, Dunne, Kilbane,
Lawrence, Whelan, Green, McGeady, Keane, Doyle. Subs: Westwood, Fahey,
Kelly, Gibson, Cunningham, Keogh, Sheridan.
Referee: Zsolt Szabo (Hungary)
http://greenscene.me/2011/10/ireland-v-armenia-match-history/
From: A. Papazian