June 3, 2005 - 08:46 AMT
ARMENIAN FOOTBALLERS GOING TO MAKE MACEDONIAN TEAM WORRY
Pressing will become the principal goal of the Armenian footballers at the Armenia-Macedonia match, head coach of the Armenian National Football Team Henk Wisman stated at today's press conference. In his words, Armenia is likely to get 1 or 3 points in the matches with Macedonia and Romania. When commenting on the previous match with the Macedonian team Mr. Wisman said that the Armenian foorballers lost the game 0:3 due to the absence of pressing. He also noted that after consultations with Head Coach of the Dutch team Marco Van Basten, who made an analysis of the strong and weak points of the Macedonian team, he came to the conclusion that Macedonia will employ defense tactics this time. When answering the question whether the Armenian team will play total football peculiar to the Dutch, Mr. Wisman noted, "It is too early to speak of it. Such results cannot be achieved in a week. 1 or 2 years are needed". He also informed that the initial composition of the team has been already fixed.