YEREVAN, April 28 (Noyan Tapan). The Armenian U-19 national team will participate in the second qualifying tournament of the European Championship to be held in Slovakia on May 19-23. The national teams of Germany, Portugal and Slovakia will be its rivals. Only the winner of the group will have the right to participate in the finals. Armenian football players, getting ready for the gualifying tournament under the leadership of Vardan Minasian, newly appointed head coach, held two unofficial matches with the national team of Georgia. A match held at the "Aig" complex in the town of Ararat on April 26 finished with a score of 0:0. The Armenian national team won in a match held at the stadium of the "Pyunik" club on April 27 with a score of 1:0. Edgar Manucharian, captain of the team, scored the only goal. The Armenian national team, which in getting ready for the qualifying tournament of the 2006 World Championship, will also hold an unofficial match on April 28. It will recieve the national team of Turkmenistan at the "Republican" stadium after Vazgen Sargsian in Yerevan. The Armenian national team is only 114th in the same list.

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