Armenia coach Vardan Minasyan is relishing the chance to lock horns with one of international football’s veterans tonight.

WE’VE grown so accustomed to Giovanni Trapattoni casting Ireland as David versus Goliath that it almost came as a shock yesterday to hear an opposition manager insisting that the roles should be reversed.

Armenia, who were drawn in the same Euro 2012 qualifying group as the Republic of Ireland, have appointed a new manager.