Armenia’s best footballer of the 20th century and best USSR midfielder according to World Soccer, Khoren Hovhannisyan believes that Armenians have a chance to smash Russia in the UEFA EURO 2012 qualifier on March 26.

However, he thinks that Russia will be dominating the match.

“Of course, we all hope that Armenia can finish second in Group B. But, to be honest, the third place would be a great achievement,” sovsport.ru quoted Hovhannisyan as saying.

As to most promising Armenia players, he marked out Edgar Manucharyan, Gevorg Ghazaryan and Yura Movsisyan.