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Georgia-Armenia football match ended with a mass fight

08 September 2010 [12:25] - TODAY.AZ
The match between Georgian and Armenia national U-21 teams as part of Euro 2011 qualifier that took place in Tbilisi on Tuesday ended with an incident. The guests outplayed the host players with the score 2:0 at the match held in the Mikhail Meskhi Lokomotiv stadium.

Georgian footballers were irritated as Armenians performed victory dance before their fans in the stadium. Unable to control emotions, some Georgian players began to sort out things with rivals.
Managers of both teams prevented mutual pushing from becoming a fight.

Patrol police took control of the situation and provided security of Armenian players and fans.
This match deprived the Georgian national team of chances to get into the play-off stage of the qualifying round.


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