April 13, 2007 - 14:05 AMT
Talks on venue of Armenian and Azeri football teams proved fruitless
A regular round of talks on the venue of Armenian and Azerbaijan football teams within EURO 2008 qualifying games proved fruitless. During a special UEFA meeting in Cardiff, Azerbaijan kept on insisting on neutral ground (Ukraine has already issued an invitation) while Armenia pressed for meetings in Baku and Yerevan. According to the schedule in Group A, September 8 the teams are to meet in Armenia and September 12 in Azerbaijan. Both teams are outsiders of the Group with Polish, Portuguese, Serbian and Finnish teams in the lead. The final decision is supposed to be taken April 18 during a sitting of the UEFA executive committee, ITAR-TASS reports.