Henrikh Mkhitaryan: Nobody had expected Turkish fans to ruin this game.July 22, 2011 - 12:08 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Shakhter’s Armenian midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan gave his take on Istanbul-hosted Shakhter vs Fenerbahce game on the official website of the club. “I think they did not rule out the possibility that certain incidents would happen but I guess nobody had expected the fans to ruin this game,” said Mkhitaryan adding that they only played 70 minutes. “We hope that the game vs Lyon will be different. We will be playing in Donetsk and I think our fans are unlikely to behave the same way”, the midfielder said. July 21 Shakhter vs Fenerbahce match was stopped due to disorders of Turkish fans. “Everyone knew about Fenerbahce and the style of Turkish teams as a whole. We came here to play football, to show our level and win. Thus, we hoped to adapt to the new schedule, 2 games per week. It was very important for us. What’s done is done. Both sides had equal chances of winning,” Mkhitaryan said. Top stories Armenian gymnast, Olympic bronze medalist Artur Davtyan has reached the finals of the World Cup. Gor Manvelyan has denied reports alleging that he has expressed a desire to one day play for the French national team. Roma midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan is not considering FC Spartak Moscow as his next haven, according to fresh reports. 10 Armenian lifters will compete in the 2021 World Championships scheduled to be held from 7 to 17 December in Tashkent. Partner news | Russia warns Armenia against “falling into West’s trap” Zakharova maintained, however, that anything that will benefit the people of Armenia can only be welcomed. CSTO: Armenia has not participated in secretariat’s work recently Recently Armenia has not participated in the work of the secretariat of the CSTO, Imangali Tasmagambetov said. Meeting with U.S., EU not against third parties, says Armenia The meeting scheduled for April 5 is dedicated to strengthening of the Armenia-EU-US cooperation, Yerevan added. Ucom launches network modernization efforts in few regions of Armenia In particular, on March 28, the legacy Mobile Switching Subsystem will be replaced with a new one. |