April 18, 2005 - 08:06 AMT
NATIONAL TEAM OF ARMENIAN JOURNALISTS WON BRONZE IN MINI FOOTBALL TOURNAMENT IN ODESSA
The International Mini Football Tournament among the CIS journalist teams came to an end in Odessa, IA Regnum reports. To remind, the tournament was dedicated to the 60-th anniversary of the victory in the Great Patriotic War. The Armenian journalist team with the patronage of the RA President took the third place having defeated Odessa-2 with a score 4:2, the team of Nikolayev 5:0 and the Belarusian team 5:2. The matches with the teams of Odessa-1 and Volgograd were decisive - Armenia lost 4:1 and 3:0 respectively. The final match was played by the teams of Volgograd and Odessa, whose footballers won the victory after eleven-meter penalty kick. It should be noted that besides the meetings on the football ground the journalists met to discuss timely issues and to exchange experience. By the way, Donbassaero air line within the frames of the celebration provides veterans with free tickets during a month. The Armenian journalists also got their tickets with 20% sale.