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Ireland 0 - 4 Hayastan
It was an U26 game, so a bunch of youngsters was in action. I think it was a good game. I experimented a bit with a 4-4-2 formation, as I want to enrich my tactical standard repertoire. This time it worked quite well, defensively solid and some good forward actions. 4-0 is a bit harsh for Ireland, but the victory is well deserved.
It was an U26 game, so a bunch of youngsters was in action. I think it was a good game. I experimented a bit with a 4-4-2 formation, as I want to enrich my tactical standard repertoire. This time it worked quite well, defensively solid and some good forward actions. 4-0 is a bit harsh for Ireland, but the victory is well deserved.
Thanks for the confidence axpers! :)
Unfortunately there's no Mini World Cup this season.. and I found arranging our friendly schedule more difficult than in the past. This is it so far:
Week 2: Schweiz
Week 3:
Week 4: Slovenija
Week 5: Belarus
Week 6: Venezuela
Week 7: South Africa
Week 8: Indonesia
Week 9: Ireland
Week 10:
Week 11: Türkiye
Week 12: New Zealand
Week 13: USA U27
Week 14: Ukraina
Week 15:
Week 00:
Week 01: Scotland
More decent opponents than in the previous seasons, let's hope we can keep our high standards. The victory over Makedonija last Saturday was the third consecutive and got us to a record rank of 44 :)
By the way I updated the National Team page to give it a fresh look.. take a look at it if you like!
Unfortunately there's no Mini World Cup this season.. and I found arranging our friendly schedule more difficult than in the past. This is it so far:
Week 2: Schweiz
Week 3:
Week 4: Slovenija
Week 5: Belarus
Week 6: Venezuela
Week 7: South Africa
Week 8: Indonesia
Week 9: Ireland
Week 10:
Week 11: Türkiye
Week 12: New Zealand
Week 13: USA U27
Week 14: Ukraina
Week 15:
Week 00:
Week 01: Scotland
More decent opponents than in the previous seasons, let's hope we can keep our high standards. The victory over Makedonija last Saturday was the third consecutive and got us to a record rank of 44 :)
By the way I updated the National Team page to give it a fresh look.. take a look at it if you like!
This is the update schedule:
Week 2: Schweiz
Week 3: USA U27
Week 4: Slovenija
Week 5: Belarus
Week 6: Venezuela
Week 7: South Africa
Week 8: Indonesia
Week 9: Ireland
Week 10: Honduras
Week 11: Türkiye
Week 12: New Zealand
Week 13: Norge
Week 14: Ukraina
Week 15: Moldova
Week 00: Ísland
Week 01: Scotland
Start to the season hasn't been too well. We had good games against the stronger U27 teams of Schweiz and USA, but lost 0:1 and 1:3 pretty unlucky, especially against the US. Kalenyan should have scored better.
I hope we can get back on the winning track against Slovenija.
Week 2: Schweiz
Week 3: USA U27
Week 4: Slovenija
Week 5: Belarus
Week 6: Venezuela
Week 7: South Africa
Week 8: Indonesia
Week 9: Ireland
Week 10: Honduras
Week 11: Türkiye
Week 12: New Zealand
Week 13: Norge
Week 14: Ukraina
Week 15: Moldova
Week 00: Ísland
Week 01: Scotland
Start to the season hasn't been too well. We had good games against the stronger U27 teams of Schweiz and USA, but lost 0:1 and 1:3 pretty unlucky, especially against the US. Kalenyan should have scored better.
I hope we can get back on the winning track against Slovenija.
Slovenija 1 - 2 Hayastan
Back on the winning track we are indeed, but it was a bit lucky. Slovenija deserved at least a draw. Compensation for the last two games I guess :) Their coach surprise me with a new tactic. So we had not much chances, but were efficient this time. I actually planned to test another tactic, but since we started so well it wasn't triggered. Else we could have improved our game maybe. Well I'm sure I'll be able to test that tactic another time. Next stop is Belarus!
Back on the winning track we are indeed, but it was a bit lucky. Slovenija deserved at least a draw. Compensation for the last two games I guess :) Their coach surprise me with a new tactic. So we had not much chances, but were efficient this time. I actually planned to test another tactic, but since we started so well it wasn't triggered. Else we could have improved our game maybe. Well I'm sure I'll be able to test that tactic another time. Next stop is Belarus!
Hayastan 6 - 0 Belarus
Enjoyable game against Belarus, which ended with the highest margin for me as Hayastan coach :) I'm really happy with the team I could send on the pitch, all decent players, as the 74 rating shows. The right side with the triangle Darbinyan-Malkhasyan-Kalenyan teared Belarus apart, great show by all 3 of them.
Next opponent is Venezuela who are considerably stronger though, so we'll be the underdogs again.
Enjoyable game against Belarus, which ended with the highest margin for me as Hayastan coach :) I'm really happy with the team I could send on the pitch, all decent players, as the 74 rating shows. The right side with the triangle Darbinyan-Malkhasyan-Kalenyan teared Belarus apart, great show by all 3 of them.
Next opponent is Venezuela who are considerably stronger though, so we'll be the underdogs again.
Venezuela 4 - 4 Hayastan
Entertaining game against the South Americans. I think we have to satisfied with the point, as Venezuela was slightly better. Their strikers were like monsters, but on the other hand Kalenyan was pretty efficient as well. Tomorrow we'll face South Africa. Let's see if we can take revenge for the last game which was a crazy 6-7 defeat.
Entertaining game against the South Americans. I think we have to satisfied with the point, as Venezuela was slightly better. Their strikers were like monsters, but on the other hand Kalenyan was pretty efficient as well. Tomorrow we'll face South Africa. Let's see if we can take revenge for the last game which was a crazy 6-7 defeat.
Hayastan 4 - 0 South Africa
Harsh result for the South Afircans. It was a rather balanced game, maybe slight advantage for us? But a draw could easily have been possible. Kalenyan played in killer style in front of the goal though. :) The win takes us to a new record ranking position (43). Let's see if we can one day break the magic mark of 2000 points. Next stop tomorrow is Indonesia!
Harsh result for the South Afircans. It was a rather balanced game, maybe slight advantage for us? But a draw could easily have been possible. Kalenyan played in killer style in front of the goal though. :) The win takes us to a new record ranking position (43). Let's see if we can one day break the magic mark of 2000 points. Next stop tomorrow is Indonesia!
Thanks :)
Indonesia 1 - 2 Hayastan
Not the best game, but a win is a win. All goals were set up quite lucky. In the end it's more or less deserved, althouth we really didn't play well in the offense. Couldn't anticipate their tactic precisely enough. Now we'll face a stronger opponent again with Ireland.
Indonesia 1 - 2 Hayastan
Not the best game, but a win is a win. All goals were set up quite lucky. In the end it's more or less deserved, althouth we really didn't play well in the offense. Couldn't anticipate their tactic precisely enough. Now we'll face a stronger opponent again with Ireland.
Ireland - Hayastan 0:3
Things are running smoothly at the moment. :) 5th win in the last 6 games. This time it was a tough midfield battle against a strong Ireland. I played with high defense for once to take the offensive Irish MIDs out of the game, which worked well. There were a couple of breakthroughs as usual in such tacticts, but in the end we were more dangerous and had more chances. Despite of Malkhasyan getting tackled from behind almost everytime. Ireland probably deserved to score as well though. Telunts played pretty well.
Edit: The new layout doesn't like flags, so I'll do without them.
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Things are running smoothly at the moment. :) 5th win in the last 6 games. This time it was a tough midfield battle against a strong Ireland. I played with high defense for once to take the offensive Irish MIDs out of the game, which worked well. There were a couple of breakthroughs as usual in such tacticts, but in the end we were more dangerous and had more chances. Despite of Malkhasyan getting tackled from behind almost everytime. Ireland probably deserved to score as well though. Telunts played pretty well.
Edit: The new layout doesn't like flags, so I'll do without them.
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Hayastan - Honduras 3:1
The opponent decided to play his reserves, so it was a very one-sided match we won without too many efforts. Meanwhile, we're at position 42 with over 2000 points in the ranking. So we shouldn't have to worry about being in pot 3 for the next qualifiers. :)
Next match will be a lot harder, much prestige is on the bet against Turkey. They have a strong team and would normally beat us. But I have good memories on the last encounter, which we won 2:3. :) With a bit of luck, maybe we can get a surprise again.
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The opponent decided to play his reserves, so it was a very one-sided match we won without too many efforts. Meanwhile, we're at position 42 with over 2000 points in the ranking. So we shouldn't have to worry about being in pot 3 for the next qualifiers. :)
Next match will be a lot harder, much prestige is on the bet against Turkey. They have a strong team and would normally beat us. But I have good memories on the last encounter, which we won 2:3. :) With a bit of luck, maybe we can get a surprise again.
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Last results:
Hayastan - Türkiye 1:2
A good game against a tough opponent, with a bit of luck we could have got a draw.
New Zealand - Hayastan 1:2
Important win against a neighbour in the ranking. Very solid defense, in the offense we had our problems too since NZ surprised me with another tactic. Kalenyan's class made the difference though.
Hayastan - Norge 0:3
Again tough luck against a stronger team, quarterfinalist at World Cup. And again they change the tactic at the worst time :) We startet well, but couldn't keep up the pace.. think we deserved at least a goal though.
More interesting and challenging matches coming up in the last stage of the season.. next is Ukraine, then Moldova, Iceland and Scotland.
Hayastan - Türkiye 1:2
A good game against a tough opponent, with a bit of luck we could have got a draw.
New Zealand - Hayastan 1:2
Important win against a neighbour in the ranking. Very solid defense, in the offense we had our problems too since NZ surprised me with another tactic. Kalenyan's class made the difference though.
Hayastan - Norge 0:3
Again tough luck against a stronger team, quarterfinalist at World Cup. And again they change the tactic at the worst time :) We startet well, but couldn't keep up the pace.. think we deserved at least a goal though.
More interesting and challenging matches coming up in the last stage of the season.. next is Ukraine, then Moldova, Iceland and Scotland.
Friendly against Ukraine was cancelled as the coach did not accept my invitation.
Moldova - Hayastan 0:1
We managed to get a balanced game against a strong opponent. Kalenyan scored on an early chance, afterwoods we were solid. Not much action in the front, but defense stood well. Nonetheless Moldova could have equalised, we were probably a bit lucky there. With this result Hayastan enters the TOP 40 for the first time :) At least for this week.
Moldova - Hayastan 0:1
We managed to get a balanced game against a strong opponent. Kalenyan scored on an early chance, afterwoods we were solid. Not much action in the front, but defense stood well. Nonetheless Moldova could have equalised, we were probably a bit lucky there. With this result Hayastan enters the TOP 40 for the first time :) At least for this week.
Axpers, I put myself on the candidate list again. I'd be happy to continue coaching your national team :) I'm eager for the next qualifiers - my goal is to take this team to the World Cup sooner or later. Whether I'll make it or not, I'll give my best! It depends a lot on the draw as well.
I will write a short season review probably tomorrow.
I will write a short season review probably tomorrow.