Ozbiliz on Sevikyan: “If a player decides to play for the Armenian national team, he must do it with his heart”

Former midfielderSpartak » Araz Ozbiliz told that if the midfielder “BET NN » Edgar Sevikian decided to play for the national team Armenia then I should not think about my career, but about the country.

PARIS NN midfielder Sevikyan, 22, did not participate in the September training camp of the Russian national team, as he decided to play for the Armenian team. Armenian Football Federation (FFA) press secretary Hayk Karapetyan told that the organization was preparing documents for Sevikyan to play for the Armenian national team in October.

— Did Sevikyan make the right choice in deciding to play for the Armenian national team?

— We need good football players, but for me as for a fan, it is important that if a player decides to play for the Armenian national team, he does it with his heart. The same Yura Movsisyan could have played for the American national team, but chose Armenia. I had an option with the Netherlands, but I wanted to play for Armenia myself. You have to play for Armenia from the heart, thinking not about your career, but about the country.

— Should Spertsyan and Tiknizyan go to Europe?

– Yes. The more footballers we have playing at a good level in the big European clubs, the better it will be for the growth of our football.

— Which championships to choose? Maybe Italy with Mkhitaryan?

— In the Bundesliga too [армянские] football players. Players must decide for themselves. I think they can play in teams where it is customary to manage the ball well,” Ozbiliz told .

This season, Sevikyan played 10 matches for Nizhny Novgorod in all tournaments, in which he scored four goals.

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