Yerevan/Mediamax/. Russian national football team coach Dick Advocaat said that the game against Armenia will be a "test” for the team of Ireland.
Irish Time quoted the Dutch football manager as saying this, Mediamax reports.
“Armenia has shown now that they are a good team. I always believed this to be the case but after their win in Slovakia and if they can beat Macedonia next time, I think they will have confidence in Dublin and it might be interesting,” Advocaat said.
He noted that he was surprised by Armenia’s 4-0 victory over Slovakia.
“I expected maybe a draw but a win for Armenia is a surprise result and for them to win by such a score is a very big surprise,” said Dick Advocaat.
According to him, the Slovakia-Armenia game makes the whole group very open and “anything can happen now.” Dick Advocaat also said that their game in Slovakia, of course, will have a major influence on how things turn out. “We lost to them in Moscow but we are confident the result can be different this time.”
Two games are remaining for Armenia within UEFA Euro-2012 Qualifying: against Macedonia in Yerevan on October 7 and against Ireland in Dublin on October 11.
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