| Armenia | 4 - 1 | Macedonia |
|---|---|---|
| Marcos Pinheiro Pizelli (28') |  | |
 | 30' Goran Popov | |
| 32' Mirko Ivanovski | |
| Henrikh Mkhitarian (34') | | |
| 41' Velice Sumulikoski | |
 | 54' Velice Sumulikoski | |
| 66' Karlen Mkrtchain | | |
| Gevorg Ghazarian (69') | | |
| Vance Sikov (86') | |
| Artur Sarkisov (90') | | |
| Date | : | Fri, Oct 7, 2011 |
| Time | : | 17:00 CET |
| Stadium | : | Republican Stadium |
| Competition | : | European Championship Qualifying |
Report:
Armenia increased its hopes of claiming a top-two finish in Group B after seeing comfortably out of 10 men in Friday's qualifying Macedonia Euro 2012 in Yerevan.
First, the goals of Mark and Pizelli Henrikh Mkhitaryan Armenia set on its way and, after Velice Sumulikoski Macedonia had lost to a red card just before halftime, Gevorg Ghazaryan made it 3-0 on 69 minutes.
Macedonia, which had lost five of their eight matches going into the crash, pulled a goal by Vance Sikov in the closing laps, but Armenia had the last word when substitute Artur Sarkisov completed the scoring in injury time.
The provisional victory raises the level of Armenia with Russia, former leaders with 17 points and two clear of the Republic of Ireland, with both sides playing tonight. Ireland to play Armenia in their final qualifier in Dublin on Tuesday.
After a quiet start in which neither goalkeeper was tested, Armenia opened the scoring on 28 minutes.
Yura Movsisyan played the ball from the left and Pizelli slotted from close range.
It was 2-0 six minutes later when Mkhitaryan, his fifth in the standings, where he drilled a long-range shot that goalkeeper Martin Bogatinov Macedonia was unable to keep out.
Macedonia came close to halving the deficit before the break when keeper Roman Berezovsky home was called to stop Nikolce Noveski effort but the visitors saw their hopes of getting something out of the game suffered a setback on 52 minutes when Sumulikoski was shown a second yellow for a foul on Karlen Mkrtchyan.
Armenia made the most of their man advantage to extend their lead on 69 minutes through Ghazaryan, who like Mkhitaryan made five goals in qualifying when he shot past Bogatinov.
Sarkisov then hit the crossbar for the hosts but still end up in the minutes, slotting from Movsisyan in the 90th minute, four minutes after Macedonia had scored a consolation strike for the head Sikov a corner Vlade Lazarevski .
preview:
Armenia vs Macedonia lineup prediction
Armenia 3-1-4-2: Berezovsky, A'sanyan, Mkoyan, Hayrapetyan, Hovsepyan, Mkhitaryan, Mkrtchyan, Y'garyan, Ozbiliz, Manucharyan, Ghazaryan
Macedonia 4-3-1-2: Bogatinov, Popov, Sikov, Noveski, Lazarevski, Gjurovski, Sumulikoski, Demiri, Grozdanovski, Ivanovski, Trickovski
Armenia last 5 match
07/09/11 Slovakia 0 - 4 Armenia
02/09/11 Andorra 0 - 3 Armenia
10/08/11 Lithuania 3 - 0 Armenia
04/06/11 Russia 3 - 1 Armenia
26/03/11 Armenia 0 - 0 Russia
Macedonia last 5 match
07/09/11 Macedonia 1 - 0 Andorra
02/09/11 Russia 1 - 0 Macedonia
10/08/11 Azerbaijan 0 - 1 Macedonia
05/06/11 Macedonia 0 - 2 Ireland Republic
27/03/11 Ireland Republic 2 - 1 Macedonia
If it has been possible, we will update the preview, the lineup, the last five games, as well as recent news about this game. Live streaming links of Match Armenia vs Macedonia will update near to Kick-off match.
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