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ARMENIANS 'MORE PROUD THAN ANGRY'
Irish Examiner
October 12, 2011 Wednesday
After his team had been beaten, the coach breezed right through the
customary press conference merely offering congratulations to Ireland.
Forward Yura Movsisyan was a little more forthcoming however. He said
that, overall, the Armenian squad were "more proud than angry" after
a match in which they appeared to have an equal say until goalkeeper
Roman Berezovsky was controversially sent off.
Despite sounding generally magnanimous, though, Movsisyan did allude
to Paris 2009: "Considering what happened to Ireland with [Thierry]
Henry, I think it was favourable to them but I don't really want to
put everything on the referee," he said.
"He did a fairly good job but he should have looked at the first
play - the handball from the forward [Simon Cox] - before he gives
the goalkeeper a red.
"I think if it was 11 v 11, we've shown in games before that we can
come back and score goals. But that's football. What can you do?
The referee gives a call, you've just got to keep your heads up.
"You've got to give credit to the 17-year-old keeper [Arsen Petrosyan]
who came on the field too. He did a fantastic job in front of so many
people. So we're more proud than angry.
"A year ago, nobody would have bet on us being in this situation. I
think we put Armenia on the map in the football world.
"We're definitely looking forward to the next campaign. Sure, we're
definitely disappointed but I just have to say I'm very proud of
our players."
From: Baghdasarian
Irish Examiner
October 12, 2011 Wednesday
After his team had been beaten, the coach breezed right through the
customary press conference merely offering congratulations to Ireland.
Forward Yura Movsisyan was a little more forthcoming however. He said
that, overall, the Armenian squad were "more proud than angry" after
a match in which they appeared to have an equal say until goalkeeper
Roman Berezovsky was controversially sent off.
Despite sounding generally magnanimous, though, Movsisyan did allude
to Paris 2009: "Considering what happened to Ireland with [Thierry]
Henry, I think it was favourable to them but I don't really want to
put everything on the referee," he said.
"He did a fairly good job but he should have looked at the first
play - the handball from the forward [Simon Cox] - before he gives
the goalkeeper a red.
"I think if it was 11 v 11, we've shown in games before that we can
come back and score goals. But that's football. What can you do?
The referee gives a call, you've just got to keep your heads up.
"You've got to give credit to the 17-year-old keeper [Arsen Petrosyan]
who came on the field too. He did a fantastic job in front of so many
people. So we're more proud than angry.
"A year ago, nobody would have bet on us being in this situation. I
think we put Armenia on the map in the football world.
"We're definitely looking forward to the next campaign. Sure, we're
definitely disappointed but I just have to say I'm very proud of
our players."
From: Baghdasarian