Osvaldo: on a personal level I am happy when I scoreOctober 13, 2012 - 13:20 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Pablo Daniel Osvaldo concedes he and fellow Azzurri goalscorer Daniele De Rossi “must earn our places” for Italy and Roma, football-italia.net reports. They were both dropped for last week’s 2-0 win over Atalanta by Zdenek Zeman, but were on target in the World Cup qualifier against Armenia on Oct 12 evening. “This goal is important because it allowed us to relax into the lead. On a personal level I am happy when I score, but this is a goal like all the others,” said Osvaldo. “I speak for me, but I think also for Daniele. We always try to give our all for Italy and Roma, so at the end of the day hard work pays off. I wanted to put it in at the back post and fortunately it went well. Daniele gave me a great assist and that made it all easier. We were a little unlucky in attack today and Armenia were very defensive, but at the end we won and that is the only thing that counts.” Osvaldo was meant to partner Mario Balotelli tonight, but Sebastian Giovinco started instead due to the Manchester City striker suffering from a cold. Top stories Armenian gymnast, Olympic bronze medalist Artur Davtyan has reached the finals of the World Cup. Gor Manvelyan has denied reports alleging that he has expressed a desire to one day play for the French national team. Roma midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan is not considering FC Spartak Moscow as his next haven, according to fresh reports. 10 Armenian lifters will compete in the 2021 World Championships scheduled to be held from 7 to 17 December in Tashkent. Partner news | International cybercrime ringleaders arrested in Armenia, Ukraine Europol, Europe's crime agency, has arrested four ringleaders of several cybercrime networks that used botnets. Armenia skips CSTO Defense Ministers meeting A meeting of the Council of Defense Ministers of the Collective Security Treaty Organization countries began in Almaty. Armenian, Iranian foreigh policy chief talk over the phone The Foreign Minister of Armenia once again expressed condolences to his counterpart on the death of the President of Iran. Armenia, U.S. customs authorities to boost assistance with new deal The government has approved an agreement with the U.S. government on mutual assistance between the customs authorities. |