Porterfield's Armenia defeats Beenhakker's Poland

[Patterson]

Armenia 1-0 Poland: Leaders given shock
http://soccernet.espn.go.com/report?id=197370&cc=3888

YEREVAN, June 6 (Reuters) - Poland lost valuable points in their Euro 2008 qualifying campaign when they suffered a shock 1-0 Group A defeat in Armenia on Wednesday.

Hamlet Mkhitaryan fired a free kick into the top corner in the 70th minute to give the home team their second win in seven games.

Ex-Chelsea manager Ian Porterfield, who took over Armenia's national team less than 10 months ago, hailed the victory as one of the biggest in the history of the former Soviet republic.

'It is a great day for Armenian football,' the 61-year-old Scot, who returned to the job in March after battling intestinal cancer, told a news conference.

'The whole team played well but I want to say special thanks to goalscorer Hamlet Mkhitaryan and goalkeeper Gevorg Kasparov. They deserve special praise.'

Despite the defeat the Poles still lead Group A with 19 points from nine matches, five points ahead of both Portugal and Serbia, who have two games in hand each, with Finland also on 14 from eight games.

[JDB]

Have to give cograts to Porters just as i would to Don Leo.

That is a big win for a team like Armenia.

[royal]

Good to know Porterfields health has improved.

[arrow]

Porters was always the better coach, Beenie just had more talented players to work with

[Tongue]

and who did Porters have to work wit again?

[oconnorg]

Porters was always the better coach, Beenie just had more talented players to work with

interesting statement

[Pointman]

Porters was always the better coach, Beenie just had more talented players to work with

Oh Lord 

[injunchile]

What a thing- We Trinis is something else- We call the man a drunkard, all kinds of negative things , now someone is saying he is better than Bennie.
 To each his own. Personally I thought that they were good coaches and brought something to the T&T team.
 In like manner I think Bertille and Gally are good coaches but could not take us to the next level. I am still of the view that I will give any youth team to Bertille and they will succeed.

[palos]

Porters was always the better coach, Beenie just had more talented players to work with

Interesting.  Many here were saying the Porterfield team was plenty better than the Beenie team man for man.  It certainly had a younger Yorke, Latapy, Andrews, Stern John, and a in prime Rougier.  Was the same team bar Nakhid & Mickey Trotman that finished 3rd in de Gold Cup which some considered to be our best team ever.

[duscam]

sh*&T does just flow from man mouth before they think boy..i call it commentitis..just need to make a comment

[truetrini]

like allyuh doh know arrow or what?  dat is all sarcasm

[Big Magician]

porters boy.....is nakhid fault.....

[kicker]

like allyuh doh know arrow or what?  dat is all sarcasm

ent ? I real surprised men take that chain up easy easy so....

[Tongue]

hook line and stinker. 

[noname]

like allyuh doh know arrow or what?  dat is all sarcasm

Why yuh hadda come and say something eh? I bet that we go still see some real jokey responses if this tread dont go to the 2nd page by tonight.

[Midknight]

like allyuh doh know arrow or what?  dat is all sarcasm

ent ? I real surprised men take that chain up easy easy so....

and all now so tonight they must be still trying to figure out how to extract themselves from it