The intrusion to the stadium at the end of the first half of the match Armenia-Portugal during the Euro 2016 Championship Qualification by the son of the Leader of Tseghakron Party, Shant Harutyunyan, Shahen Harutyunyan, who is in custody, will cause serious consequences to the entire Armenian football family. According to the circulated rumors, UEFA will impose strict penalties against FFA. Aravot.am received a comment from FFA First Vice President / Executive Director Armen Minasyan regarding the incident and its possible consequences. “The report on the incident is already with UEFA and the issue to presented to the disciplinary committee session. The action by this young man is obvious, which was done in front of the eyes of everyone, and the inspector has obtained the evidence from the video and presented to UEFA together with the corresponding reports. There will be serious penalties. What happened is a serious precedent, and from now on, the smallest incident during Armenia’s national team home matches can have much more severe consequences, which will be borne not only by the team and the federation, but also the Armenian football family, the Armenian fans and generally, the public,” said Armen Minasyan.
Ashot HAKOBYAN
