Armenia beats Poland 1-0 in Euro 2008 qualifying

June 6, 2007
IHT
The Associated Press

YEREVAN, Armenia: Armenia upset Poland 1-0 Wednesday in a European Championship qualifying match, with Hamlet Mkhitaryan scoring the winning goal.

Mkhitaryan scored from a free kick in the 66th minute, curling the ball over the wall and into the top right corner of the net.

Poland dominated the game and outshot the hosts 5-0 in the first half.

Armenia goalkeeper Gevorg Kasparov blocked Marek Saganowski's shots in the 26th and 28th minutes and stopped Marcin Wasilewski's free kick a minute later.

Arman Karamyan nearly made it 2-0 on a solo effort down the right flank in the 45th. Poland goalkeeper Artur Boruc failed to block his shot and defender Grzegorz Bronowicki clear the ball from the line.

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Poland remained at the top of Group A with 19 points after nine games. Armenia has seven.
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Lineups:

Armenia: Gevorg Kasparov, Sargis Hovsepyan, Robert Arzumanyan (Levon Pachajyan, 83), Aleksander Tadevosyan, Aghvan Mkrtchyan, Vahagn Minasyan, Artur Voskanyan, Ararat Arakelyan, Yeghishe Melikyan, Hamlet Mkhitaryan (Arman Karamyan, 74), Armen Shahgeldyan (Aram Hakobyan, 46).

Poland: Artur Boruc, Dariusz Dudka, Grzegorz Bronowicki, Jacek Bak (Radoslaw Sobolewski, 65), Euzebiusz Smolarek (Maciej Zurawski, 60), Jacek Krzynowek, Marek Saganowski, Marcin Wasilewski, Michal Zewlakow, Wojciech Lobodzinski (Jakub Blaszczykowski, 60), Mariusz Lewandowski.

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