ArmInfo.It is impossible to fix in 20 days what has been destroyed within 20 years. The Head of the Football Federation of Armenia, director of the National Security Service Artur Vanetsyan tried to justify the defeat of the Armenian national team in a match with Gibraltar.
He stated that, despite the defeat, the Armenian national team showed a good game. He also complained about the behavior of Armenian fans, who are "setting the federation up." "Due to their behavior, the FFA may be fined by the UEFA", Vanetsyan said.
At the same time, he was satisfied with the work of the head coach of the national team Armen Gyulbudaghyants. "I tried to raise his sports spirit on the eve of the game with the national team of Macedonia. He is a great professional, he " raised " many outstanding players, we should trust him. Today I see no reason to change the head coach of the national team," Vanetsyan said. According to him, the search for players with Armenian roots for the RA team has already become "paranoid". "We manage to reach an agreement with someone, we don't agree with someone. But we ourselves have to" grow up "the players, we need to develop youth football. In the near future I will present a strategy for the development of football in Armenia," Vanetsyan said.
To note, the Armenian team lost the match with the Gibraltar team with the score 1: 0. The embittered fans tried to throw the bottles on the field, but the police did not allow it. As a result, there was a clash between fans and law enforcement officers. According to the FFA leadership, this may be the reason for the fining of the Armenian federation by UEFA.
There was another curious incident at the game, instead of the hymn of Gibraltar, the anthem of Liechtenstein played.
To note a match between the national teams of Armenia and Macedonia will take place today.