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ECQ 2008: Finland - Armenia (15.11.2006)

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#1 ·
This will be our official match thread :)

after a good result in home Armenia will face Finland in Helsinki.
 
#11 ·
First of all, we are going to freeze our asses of in that weather. So, I give it to Finland 2:0. I don't see a team there boys. One Manu, can't do much. One or two runs, but if there is no one to support him, we are shit out of luck.
 
#12 ·
We definitely need Mkhitaryan instead of those Mkrtchyan/Nazaryan... Hamlet even with no practice would look better than those, furthermore, he has practice now in Iran. Besides, will be better if Manu could play as a left midfileder too.
 
#13 ·
yeah, Manu should play as a central or left midfield. I said that last time, but it never happened. Hopefully the coach would have realized that Manu is just standing around on his own with no one to support him and that he should be brought into the game by putting him in midfield. It would be better to have someone like Ara Hakopyan up front who is not as good as Manu, but is still decent to have up front.

But I have to say I think Romik Khachatryan is alright to have in midfield. I don't know about Melkonyan, i guess he is alright as well if those clubs want to sign him, i just haven't seen him play that much. I think its Tigranyan and Mkrtchyan, Nazaryan who need to be replaced. I think as well it would be better to have Mkhitaryan. It would be nice to see Zhora Hovannisyan get a call up, lol, because we need midfielders.
 
#14 ·
Zhora Hovhannisyan has no practice in Egaleo and really is in bad form, besides he'll never be called again coz FFA's boss has a conflict with his father Khoren. Hakobyan also plays seldom, Erzrumyan could be better. Khachatryan, Shahqeldyan, Melkonyan will play 99% in midfield, not sure if Mkhitaryan can join them, Melikyan can play as a midfielder too, and in defence instead of Melikyan can play Baghdasaryan, Alexanyan etc.
 
#16 ·
finland-armenia 2-1
ara hakobyan
 
#18 ·
yes you need luck ... you had already luck in Yerevan, Finnish strikers missed some great chances to score. But with a good tactic it's possible to make it.
 
#19 ·
Injuries hit Finnish midfield for Armenia game

November 8, 2006
HELSINKI, Nov 7 (Reuters) - Finland will be without experienced midfielders Jari Litmanen and Aki Riihilahti on Nov. 15 when they meet Armenia for a home game in European Championship qualifying.

Long-time national team captain Litmanen, 35, has a thigh injury and will also have ankle surgery. He is expected to be out until mid-December. Kaiserslautern's Riihilahti re-injured his calf muscle last weekend.

Tottenham's Teemu Tainio might also miss the group A game in Helsinki, a Finnish Football Association spokesman said.

Coach Roy Hodgson will announce his squad on Thursday.

After four games, Finland lie second behind Serbia in the group with eight points. Armenia have one point from three games.
 
#24 ·
Mikael' Of forssell will pass match from team Armenia 09.YY.200'/.ARMFOOTBALL.CHOM/ Forvard team Finland Mikael' Of forssell because of the injury will not play on 15 November in the match of the elimination cycle of Euro- -2008 from team Armenia. The player of English "Birmingham" damaged the cartilage of elbow and it was operated yesterday. It is expected that it will leave in the field not earlier than the new year.
 
#25 ·
injured list
Thursday, 9 November 2006
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Striker Mikael Forssell will miss Finland's last UEFA EURO 2008™ qualifier of the year, at home to Armenia next Wednesday, after having surgery to repair cartilage damage in his right knee.

Injury list
It is not the same knee that caused the 25-year-old, now with Birmingham City FC in England's second division, so many problems during his time at Chelsea FC. Forssell has joined Finland captain Jari Litmanen on the sidelines for the Group A game in Helsinki, for which midfielders Aki Riihilahti and Teemu Tainio are also injured. Better news for coach Roy Hodgson is the return of forward Alexei Eremenko Jr following a lay-off. Finland lie second in Group A, two points behind Serbia.

Finland squad
Goalkeepers: Jussi Jääskeläinen (Bolton Wanderers FC), Mikko Kavén (Tampere United), Peter Enckelman (Blackburn Rovers FC).

Defenders: Petri Pasanen (Werder Bremen), Sami Hyypiä (Liverpool FC), Hannu Tihinen (FC Zürich), Juha Pasoja (Ham-Kam Fotball), Toni Kuivasto (Djurgårdens IF FF), Toni Kallio (Molde FK), Ari Nyman (FC International Turku).

Midfielders: Mika Väyrynen (PSV Eindhoven), Mika Nurmela (HJK Helsinki), Joonas Kolkka (Feyenoord), Jari Ilola (IF Elfsborg), Peter Kopteff (FC Utrecht), Markus Heikkinen (Luton Town FC), Pekka Lagerblom (1. FC Köln), Jarkko Wiss (Tampere United).

Forwards: Shefki Kuqi (Crystal Palace FC), Alexei Eremenko Jr (FC Saturn Moskovskaya Oblast), Jonatan Johansson (Malmö FF), Daniel Sjölund (Djurgårdens IF FF).
 
#26 ·
i might as well post this here as well

INVITED PLAYERS

Goalkeepers:

Roman Berezovsky, Gevorg Kasparov, Armando Hambartsumyan, Feliks Hakobyan, Edel Bete

Defenders:

Karen Dokhoyan, Sargis Hovsepyan, Yegishe Melikyan, Aleksander Tadevosyan, Valeri Aleksanyan, Armen Tigranyan

Midfielders:

Karen Aleksanyan, Aghvan Mkrtchyan, Artavazd Karamyan, Artur Minasyan, Samvel Melkonyan, Romik Khachatryan, Hamlet Mkhitaryan

Forwards:

Armen Shahgeldyan, Ara Hakobyan, Aram Hakobyan, Edgar Manucharyan, Nshan Erzrumyan, Arman Karamyan, Robert Zebelyan