It was pretty eventful day yesterday. First of all as a follow up to my previous log� we went to the game between N. Ireland fans playing with �Zatik� kids. It was so nice to see so much care provided to those kids by their tutors and staff.
Later on, after warm English tea with a nice English hospitality, we headed back to the stadium to watch the Armenia v N. Ireland game. The first half and half of the 2nd one were sluggish. Most of the phrases shouted by the Armenian fans weren�t praises but the opposite with great Armenian creativity and humour as well. Here are some examples that I could memorize from the tons that I�ve heard.
�Move your crutches, Anoushik�, �What�s this? Are you from the Lusagerdi Trchnabutsaran (Lusakert Chicken Farm)�, �If you don�t play well I want my money back� and when an Armenian player was injured and carried out one from behind shouted, �The deceased was a good man�.
At a point some of the Armenian fans started even supporting the N. Ireland squad hoping for a goal no matter from which side.
The game started heating up only at the end of the 2nd half and Armenia won 1-0. The mood was high and I am sure nobody asked their money back, probably only the Irish.
Currently Armenia is on the 3rd place on the Euro 2004 Qualifying Group 6 with 4 points, after Spain and Ukraine. Next game is with Spain on April 2nd, our team being the guest.
Armenian will be the host only on Sept 6th playing with Greece. It will be an interesting game for me, since I haven�t heard the Greek football songs and cheers for 4 years already, and ArmenTel still being here I guess there will be lots of �Greek�.