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| Armenia v Wales - 2002 World Cup. | ||||||
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| Match Report |
| Two goals by John Hartson either side of half-time earned Wales a valuable point in Yereven, but it could have been so much better for Mark Hughes' men. Wales had four changes from the side that drew in Poland last October with Coleman, Giggs, Savage and Blake missing. Conditions were poor with the pitch heavy from persistent rain during the day. Wales were denied a victory by a brilliant 25-yard left foot strike from Movsesyan after 66 minutes. |
| Key moments |
| First half |
| 21 mins: Saunders fires wide after Abramyan fails to hold on to a long throw from Legg. |
| 30 mins: Bellamy runs clear on left, but his left-foot shot is saved by Abramyan. |
| 33 mins: Legg loses possession and Wales are under pressure. Legg recovers well only for his tackle to guide the ball past Paul Jones and into the path of Minasyan, who puts it into the net. |
| Armenia..1 Wales..0 |
| 41 mins: The ball lands at the feet of Hartson who turns just inside the area and hits a superb shot which into the top left-hand corner of the net. |
| Armenia..1 Wales..1 |
| Half time score Armenia..1 Wales..1 |
| Second half |
| 48 mins: Matthew Jones delivers a perfect free-kick from the left, and Hartson powers his header past Abramyan. |
| Armenia..1 Wales..2 |
| 66 mins: Movesyan hits a powerful left shot from 25 yards which leaves Paul Jones with no chance. |
| Armenia..2 Wales..2 |
| 90 mins: A Legg long throw puts Abramyan under pressure, but Speed and Iwan Roberts fail to connect. |
| Full-time score Armenia..2 Wales..2 |
| Reaction |
| I have a bunch of players now who are
very disappointed not to have won this one. We have scored twice away from home and that
should be enough to win the match. But the goals we have conceded are bad ones for us. We
have got something from our last three games, admittedly just a point in each game, but
there will be a time when all the efforts that we put in will give us that win. - Mark Hughes We gave them more space to play at the end of the day that cost us very dear. - Mark Bowen |
| Team line-ups | |
| Armenia | Wales |
| 1 - Abramyan 2 - Minasyan 3 - Khodjoyan 4 - Hovsepyan 5 - Vardanyan 6 - Sarkisyan 7 - Petrosyan 8 - Voskanyan 9 - Dokhoyan 10 - Shakhgeldyan 11 - Movsesyan 12 - Azizyan 13 - Karhmyan 14 - Petikyan 15 - Karamyan 16 - Demirtshyan 17 - Hakobyan 19 - Seropian |
1 - Paul Jones 2 - Mark Delaney 3 - Andy Legg 4 - Andy Melville 5 - Robert Page 6 - Mark Pembridge 7 - John Robinson 8 - Dean Saunders 9 - John Hartson 10 - Gary Speed 11 - Craig Bellamy 12 - Matthew Jones 14 - Kit Symons 15 - Carl Robinson 16 - Iwan Roberts 17 - Darren Barnard 18 - Stephen Jenkins 21 - Mark Crossley |
| Match details | |
| Half-time | 1-1 |
| Full-time | 2-2 |
| Date | 24.03.2001 |
| Kick off | 9.00pm local time (5pm UK) |
| Venue | Republican Stadium |
| City / town | Yerevan |
| Attendance | 7,000 |
| Referee | Mr. George Kasnaferis (Greece) |
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