July 29, 2005 - 14:41 AMT
UKRAINIAN DNEPR TO COMPETE WITH YEREVAN BANANTS
Today the casting of lots of the UEFA Cup second round qualifiers was held at 5:00 p.m. today. As a result Ukrainian Dnepr will compete with Yerevan Banants. According to the UEFA official website, after being defeated by Tbilisi Lokomotivi (2:3), Banants was close to having the same fate as Mika. However yesterday Yerevan football players scored 2 unresponsive goals in the guest match, which was sufficient to step forward. The first goal to the Tbilisi team was scored by Aram Hakobyan, who had also distinguished himself in the first match. 9 minutes before the end of the period Ara Khachatryan scored the decisive goal. As a result the Lokomotivi-Banants return match finished 0:2. Playing with Ukrainian Dnepr may be a return match for the Mariupol Ilichevets beating Banants past season. It should be noted that Banants will play UEFA Cup second round qualifiers with Ukrainian Dnepr in Yerevan August 11, the response guest match will take place August 25.