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Venue of Armenian and Azeri football teams to be known April 14

04 April 2007 [19:20] - TODAY.AZ
The final decision on the venue of the Armenian and Azeri national football teams within EURO-2008 qualifying games will be announced April 24, head coach of the Armenian national team Ian Porterfield told reporters.

"Nothing is clear yet, we are awaiting the UEFA decision," he said, Novosti Armenia reports.

Armenia and Azerbaijan are included in Group A together with the Finnish, Serbian, Polish, Portuguese, Belgian and Kazakh teams. The Armenian side has many times voiced readiness to hold matches in Yerevan and Baku. However, the Association of Football Federations of Azerbaijan stands for meeting in neutral fields explaining it by incapability to ensure security for the Armenian team. There are several variants discussed including the proposal to meet in Ukraine.

/PanARMENIAN.Net/

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