"Hosts determined to combine brains and brawn in quest to frustrate visitors"
"A glance through the sports sections of the newspapers sold on the chaotic and traffic-clogged streets of Yerevan would give the reader the impression that wrestling and chess were the obsessions in this land, with football the poor relation."
"An Armenian-made mixture of brawn and brains which, if combined, could make this nation able to compete in team sports but instead, their national football side - who host Ireland tonight carrying the pain of a 5-0 thrashing at home to Portugal - flail and drop like a stone."
Newspapers in Yerevan emphasize wrestling and chess, portraying football as a poor relation within Armenian sporting culture. The nation possesses a potential blend of physicality and strategic intelligence that could strengthen team sports if properly combined. The Armenian national football team has struggled, suffering a 5-0 home defeat to Portugal and now preparing to host Ireland while carrying that setback. The hosts intend to blend brawn and brains to frustrate visiting teams, but recent performances show the side flailing and dropping like a stone, revealing a gap between potential and execution.
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