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14 October 2009 - 14:34 AMT

FFA President: It’s too bad Turkish team was disqualified from WC-2010

Ahead of Armenia-Turkey match, Armenian Football Federation (FFA) President Ruben Hayrapetyan expressed hope that the game would be a purely sports event, with teams competing on equal conditions.

“I hope we’ll eye witness a high quality match, with the strongest team becoming a winner,” he said.

“If Armenian team wins Turkey, coach Vardan Minasyan will remain in post, otherwise, he’ll be discharged,” FFA President added.

When asked by Turkish journalists why Turkey’s team was disqualified from World Cup, Hayrapetyan said, “Answer to that question should be given by Turkey’s Football Federation and not me. Anyway, it’s too that a team demonstrating such high-quality games was disqualified from WC-2010.”