Armenia facing Italy in UEFA Euro 2020 qualifiersSeptember 5, 2019 - 10:33 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenia are confronting Italy in a match within the UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying tournament on Thursday, September 5. The Italian team currently top Group J with 12 points, while Armenia sit in the third spot with 6 points. Tickets for the fixture have long sold out, with UEFA President Aleksander Čeferin also set to attend the game in Yerevan. The country's Football Federation released a statement earlier, urging match-goers to get to the stadium at least one hour before kickoff. Armenia will be enhanced by midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan who has just joined Roma. The second leg match will be held on November 18. Mkhitaryan left Arsenal on Monday before the European transfer window closed after Roma made a deadline-day move for him. The Serie A side have paid a loan fee of £2.75 million to sign the 30-year-old for the season as part of a deal that has no obligation to buy clause. 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 | Police try to impede Armenian Church head’s access to war memorial Police tried to stop the supreme head of the Armenian Apostolic Church, Catholicos Karekin II, from visiting a war memorial. Greece says ready to help as Armenia fights flooding consequences Greece is ready to assist Armenia in combatting the consequences of deadly floods in the country’s north. “He will leave”: Protest leader no longer demands meeting with Pashinyan Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan no longer demands a meeting with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. Lemkin Institute petition seeks release of Armenians in Azerbaijan The Lemkin Institute is deeply concerned about the continued illegal detention of political prisoners from Karabakh in Azerbaijan. |