08.07.2010
Banants and Ulysses leave European arena
On July 8 Europa League first qualification round return matches took place. Banants, Yerevan hosted Anorthosis. Our team’s chances to qualify for the next round were unreal after a 3:0 defeat in Cyprus. Banants players’ attacks ended without any result but the guests managed to use their opportunities and Vincent Laban scored giving his team a 0:1 victory.
After a 0:0 draw in Yerevan, Ulysses needed to keep its goals inviolability and score when an opportunity offers. It was a close game ended in favor of Bnei Yehuda players of which managed to score at the first half additional time and keep the score till the end of the match.
BANANTS (Armenia) vs. ANORTHOSIS (Cyprus) 0:1 (0:1)
08.07.2010 Republican stadium, Yerevan
Referee - Cristoph Virant (Belgium)
Goal - Vincent Laban, 37
BANANTS - Stepan Ghazaryan, Hovhannes Hambardzumyan, Gagik Daghbashyan, Ararat Arakelyan, Nikolay Nikolov, Arsen Balabekyan (Khachatur Avetisyan, 90+2), Noah Kasule, Sargis Karapetyan, Miguel Vebert Da Silva (Artur Voskanyan, 84), Deniran Ortega, Valter Poghosyan (Samvel Melkonyan, 46)
Head coach - Stevitsa Kuzmanoski
Substitutions - Artur Toroyan, Eduard Kakosyan, Aram Bareghamyan, Armen Zakaryan
ANORTHOSIS - Matus Kozacik, Nikos Katsavakis, Christos Marangos (Andreas Papathanasiou, 72), Ioannis Skopelitis, Yiannakis Okkas, Jeffrey Leiwakabessy, Christovao (Andreas Konstantinou, 78), Cafu, Vincent Laban (Konstantios Minttikis, 63), Janicio, Georgios Georgiou
Head coach - Giliermo Hoyos
Substitutions - Markos Arguello, Marko Vidovic, Georgios Tofas
Yellow cards - Samvel Melkonyan, 26, Matus Kozacik, 42, Hovhannes Hambardzumyan, 56, Vincent Laban, 61, Janicio 85.
BNEI YEHUDA (Israel) vs. ULYSSES (Armenia) 1:0 (1:0)
08.07.2010 Bloomfield stadium, Tel-Aviv
Referee - Stephan Studer (Switzerland)
Goal - Shalev Menashe 45+1
BNEI YEHUDA - Dele Aiyenugba, Din Mori (Ivan Garrido, 46), Linic Sinisa Hrvatsko, Oz Ezra Raly (Liroy Zhaibi, 58), Assi Baldut, Moshe Biton, Yitzhak Azuz, Omri Afek Haftke (Shlomi Levi, 73), Aviv Victor Hadad, Kfir Ederi, Shalev Menashe
Head coach - Dror Kashtan
Substitutions - Ran Kadoch, George Imses, Hasan Abu Zaid, Tal Mishan
ULYSSES - Vladimir Malkov, Tigran Hakhnazaryan, Norayr Grigoryan, Tengiz Ugrekelidze, Artak Andrikyan (Narek Davtyan, 66), Geogri Krasovski, Davit Grigoryan, Artak Grigoryan, Gaga Tibilashvili (Norayr Sahakyan, 67), Artyom Adamyan, Vitali Ledenyov (Shota Jikia, 72)
Head coach - Sevada Arzumanyan
Substitutions - Manvel Afrikyan, Armen Tigranyan, Karen Aleksanyan, Rafael Mkrtchyan
Yellow cards - Artak Grigoryan, 43, Assi Baldut, 65, Shlomi Levi, 84