BURSA, Turkey—The Turkish national team beat Armenia 2-0 in a European Cup qualifying match on Wednesday held at Ataturk Stadium in the backdrop of a visit by Armenian President Serzh Sarkisian to Turkey following Saturday’s signing of the Turkey-Armenia protocols.
Sarkisian arrived in Turkey late Wednesday afternoon, accompanied by his foreign minister Eduard Nalbandian and other high-level Armenian officials. They were greeted at the airport by Turkish foreign minister Ahmet Davutoglu.
Turkish fans gathered at the stadium waving Turkish and Azeri flags. News.am reported that as the van transporting the Armenian national soccer team arrived at the stadium, Turkish fans threw rocks and other objects.
The fans in the stadium, which was packed mainly by Turks, hissed while the Armenian national anthem played, reported new.am.
Head Coach of the Armenian national football team Vardan Minasyan announced the list of the 11 soccer players for the match earlier on Wednesday. They are as follows:
Goaley: Roman Berezovsky; Defense: Aghvan Mkrtchyan, Robert Arzumanyan, Hrayr Mkoyan and Sargis Hovsepyan (team captain); Midfielders: Karlen Mkrtchyan, Ararat Arakelyan and Arman Karamyan; Forwards: Artavazd Karamyan, Henrik Mkhitaryan and Hovhannes Goharyan.
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