{"id":133928,"date":"2011-10-08T21:37:50","date_gmt":"2011-10-08T16:37:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.epress.am\/?p=133928"},"modified":"2011-10-08T21:39:21","modified_gmt":"2011-10-08T16:39:21","slug":"photos-armenia-crushes-macedonia-in-euro-2012-qualifier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/epress.am\/en\/2011\/10\/08\/photos-armenia-crushes-macedonia-in-euro-2012-qualifier.html","title":{"rendered":"PHOTOS: Armenia Crushes Macedonia in Euro 2012 Qualifier"},"content":{"rendered":"

Armenia crushed 10-man Macedonia 4-1 in a Euro 2012 qualifier on Friday to keep alive their hopes of going through from Group B, Reuters reports.<\/p>\n

First-half goals by Brazilian-born Marcos Pizzelli and Henrik Mkhitaryan set the hosts up for a third consecutive victory which took them level on 17 points with leaders Russia who visit Slovakia later in the day.<\/p>\n

Macedonia’s misery was compounded when captain Velice Sumulikoski was sent off for a second booking in the 53rd minute.<\/p>\n

Armenia wasted several chances after the interval before Gevorg Ghazaryan made it 3-0 midway through the second half.<\/p>\n

Vance Sikov pulled one goal back for Macedonia with a late header before substitute Artur Sarkisov rounded keeper Martin Bogatinov to slot Armenia’s fourth in added time.<\/p>\n

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The small South Caucasus country has outscored the opposition 11-1 in their last three games including a 4-0 thrashing of Slovakia in Zilina last month.<\/p>\n

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Armenia, yet to qualify for a major championship since gaining independence after the break-up of the Soviet Union in 1991, probably need another win in Ireland in their last game on Tuesday to have a chance of making the finals.<\/p>\n

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