Soccer matches for European League or UEFA Cup begin on September 17. This year, a qualifying team for final round is Romania’s Timoshoaru which has two Armenian players – town brothers Arman and Artavazd Karamyans.
After a draw ceremony, Romania’s vice champion was included in Group A together with Amsterdam’s Ayax, Zagreb’s Dinamo and Belgium’s Anderlekht.
Timoshoara will today play its first home match against Ayax. Specialist find Amsterdam’s team a favorite, while bookmakers believe Romania’s team to be an outsider. Chances for Timishoara and Ayax teams’ victory were rated 10 and 1.25 respectively.
“We know that Ayax is a strong command, and we are going to face a hard game. But we have had a lot of difficulties on our way to this tournament and want to prove that we do really qualify for European League. We are a solid team, and if upcoming match is as successful as the previous one we’ll have real chances,” Romanian team’s official Web site quotes Karamyan as saying.
Experience shows that bookmakers are always right. And their predictions also proved true for Romanian team which beat Donetsk’s Shakhter in the 3rd qualification round of Champions’ League. But in subsequent 2 matches, Timoshoaru was defeated by Germany’s Shtutgart 0:2.
