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FC Pyunik: Prodigy by faith

In 301, Armenia was a pioneer in adopting Christianity as its official religion. It was the fourth century and the region located in the southern Caucasus is put at the forefront of the doctrine of the faith. Over 1700 years later, the Republic of Armenia is an independent state (since 1991) of the former USSR, has a population of over three million inhabitants and its economy was based on the production of chemicals and mining of copper or zinc.

As for the sports plane, Armenia does not have much international cache, despite big stars from many disciplines have Armenian origin. The judo, weightlifting, chess and boxing are four fundamental pillars in the Armenian sport, but icons such as Andre Agassi, David Nalbandian and Alain Prost came from these lands.

Yesterday, the best team in the Armenian Premier League won the league title for the tenth consecutive time. Armenian championship has been in existence since 1992. A short story that has dominated the FC Pyunik mostly being the banner of the country in European competitions. The Yerevan (capital of Armenia) accumulate 30 continental meetings, and its main landmark to fall into the second qualifying round up five times. Just for a Pyunik in Armenia is the almighty, but when traveling the Old is a very common, as evidenced by his six wins, seven draws and 17 defeats in 30 Champions League stakes in or defunct UEFA Cup .

But yesterday won his tenth title of the Armenian Premier League row, and thirteenth in the 19 editions of seniority which has football in Armenia since they are independent. If last year took the win with seven points ahead of FC Mika, so this course was a maximum effort. After 28 intense days (the Armenian Premier League comprises eight squads, which face each other four times), the Pyunik able to hold the title thanks to both Mark Pizzelli penalty, which eventually was the second top scorer championship (15 goals) behind Gevorg Ghazaryan, fellow sufferer in the attack Pyunik has completed the course with a bit more. Pizzelli born in Brazil, but since 2006 has made a name Armenian football, years that have allowed her to obtain citizenship and international because of the former Soviet republic.

Although we are facing the closure of a prodigious decade for FC Pyunik, the truth is that with three days were second in the table two points behind FC Banants, so far only had four runners-up . So another of the clubs in the capital (five of the eight components of the current Armenian Premier League come from Yerevan) was a tough battle against the ruler of the country. On the penultimate day were the faces in the Hanrapetakan Stadium (capacity 15,000 spectators) in a duel in which the champion was virtually Banants if scored. The match was very even, but the thrust of the premises, with a half-empty bleachers, took them to achieve victory at the buzzer. In minute 90, Karlen Mkrtchyan took a ball hanging from the front and gave him headfirst into the area. The little midfielder celebrated the goal with a somersault full of excitement about what this meant 1-0. The Pyunik regained the lead in the table with two matches. This meeting was much harder than the final d and the Armenian Independence Cup, which Balants Pyunik and were in the final and Vardan Minasyan's pupils showed no mercy with a of the poor brethren of Yerevan and crushed him 4-0.

The last two stakes of FC Pyunik rivals had low levels, in particular the penultimate and the penultimate in the table, already saved and the war did not come with them. Al Gandzasar sent him a clear 3-0, while yesterday against a domicile Kiliki won with trade and temperance by the penalty scored by Pizzelli. The chronicles mention that the Pyunik (pictured, holding the title) dominated the match and in the first half had to go to advantage. It was not until midway through the second half when the light went up 0-1 and win 1-2 against Banants by Shirak was relegated to nothing.

But this was not the tightest for a championship since 2001 Pyunik wanders Armenia on condition best team in the country. It was in the 2008 edition when they were equal in the standings with FC Ararat Yerevan (this issue has participated in the Armenian First League (second fitted to category), which came first) and the title was decided in a match tiebreaker. In those fateful 120 minutes (yes, went to overtime to decide the champion) the Pyunik was ahead of the 68's game thanks to Albert Tadevosyan striker following the club, but one after Vahagn Minasyan (defender currently with the Pyunik) matched the race and were doomed to overtime. Two minutes to go to penalties, won the 2-1 Tadevosyan, delirium for Pyunik and the Armenian Premier League most hotly contested in this decade of success. As a curiosity, to say that Marcos Pizz elli, the author of the target yesterday gave the twisted garter belt, was the 2008 top scorer in Armenia with 18 points and was active in the Arabat FC Yerevan. After a year's assignment in a club CFA2 (French fifth division), in July 2009 he returned to Armenia, in this case Pyunik to win championships.

But one of the most curious things in this story of faith, work and success is that FC Pyunik dissolved the financial problems in 1999, a year that did not play or a clash of the Armenian Premier League despite being enrolled in it. 2000 was a transition year, while in 2001 appeared Ruben Hayrapetyan, a businessman who parlayed a square around historical and got immediate results with the beginning of the XXI century. We do not know if that faith was a pioneer in Armenia in 301 have something to do, but Hayrapetyan put their forces to push forward a sunk club and faith did not move mountains, but they are the football reference in Armenia since that time. The FC Pyunik next challenge would be entering the final phase of the UEFA Champions League , a goal almost impossible right now, but it looks like an Armenian these things do not slow down. Security pursued the goal to achieve without continuous efforts.