Yesterday in the Republican Stadium of Yerevan in the 9th round of Group B of Euro 2012 the team of Armenia beat the Macedonian soccer team with the score of 4-1 and granted a real victory and holiday not only to soccer fans but also the Armenian people. In other cases these are merely lofty words but yesterday Yerevan was really enjoying a holiday. People were really rejoicing. Hours after the game the active fans of Armenia team were honking their car horns all of downtown Yerevan and exclaiming all kinds of expressions of victory. In a word, the boys of our team yesterday granted a real holiday to Armenian people and this happened not as a result of coincidence but as a result of a quality game. So now the Armenian team has 17 points. So do Ireland and Russia. The spectacular victory keeps Armenia’s chances alive for qualifying from their Group B that also includes the teams of Russia, the Republic of Ireland, Slovakia and Andorra. Armenia now needs a win when they travel to Dublin to play against the Republic of Armenia on October 11 to finish at least second in the six-nation group and hope for a further qualification through playoffs. In the event of the opposite scenario our squad will occupy minimum the second place by enabling them to struggle for a Europe ticket in the extra game. It means our team has to beat only the team of Ireland in order to finalize all their previous great victories. However, regardless of the future developments today we can state the Armenian soccer has registered a great upgrade. All we have to do to prove this is say that Armenia has never registered such success in any team game. At any rate, in order to continue the struggle the Armenian team needs to beat the Irish. By taking into account the recent victories, it is quite realistic.
