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Ramiz Mirzeyev: Venue of matches with Armenia to be projected in early June

18 April 2007 14:48 (UTC +04:00)

AFFA president Ramiz Mirzeyevâ€™s visit to Cardiff, Wales, is finished. He left for Cardiff after the meeting with UEFA president Michel Platini, Armenian Football Federation president Ruben Ayrapetian in Nyon, Switzerland. The parties failed to reach agreement on the venue of Azerbaijan â€“ Armenia matches.
Mirzeyev participated in the meeting of UEFA Department for National Squads in Wales and arrived in Baku yesterday in the evening. AFFA leader didnâ€™t discuss Azerbaijan â€“ Armenia match venue with anyone in Cardiff. He didnâ€™t wait for results of UEFA Executive Committee meeting today in Welsh capital. AFFA officials had stated before that match venues will be projected today. It is not ruled out that UEFA intends to keep the decision on the issue in secret for a while. By the UEFA rules, such disputable issue is to be announced by 60 days before the encounter.
AFFA president Ramiz Mirzeyev told APA-Sport that the final decision will be made in early June.
â€œNo discussions were carried out on the venue of Azerbaijan â€“ Armenia encounters in Cardiff. I just participated in the meeting of UEFA Department for National Squads. UEFA Executive Committee will pass final decision on the venue in early June. Zurich will host UEFA congress in late May. The place and date of UEFA Executive Committee meeting will be fixed at the congresâ€, he said.
Azerbaijan â€“ Armenia matches have been scheduled for September 8 in Baku and four days later in Yerevan. /APA-Sport/