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Henrikh Mkhitaryan will miss final match against Chelsea. He isn't injured, he will not travel to Azerbaijan because he worried about his security. There is political tension between Armenia and Azerbaijan, we know history of Armenian Genocide were over 1.5 million people were killed. It's shame that important player have to miss final because of such reasons. And question is open - is it Baku was right choice for the final?
Henrikh Mkhitaryan will miss final match against Chelsea. He isn't injured, he will not travel to Azerbaijan because he worried about his security. There is political tension between Armenia and Azerbaijan, we know history of Armenian Genocide were over 1.5 million people were killed. It's shame that important player have to miss final because of such reasons. And question is open - is it Baku was right choice for the final?
Armenian genocide is not the reason. If that was the case, then no ethnic Armenian would have been able to visit Turkey, where the genocide occurred. The real reason is the ongoing conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan in the Nagorno Karabakh region. The Armenian minority in Azerbaijan was banished after the war (in 1993) and as far as I know, no one with an Armenian passport have been able to enter that country ever since.
I don't know who chose Baku for the final. FIFA and UEFA should step in and shift the match to some other location, such as Sochi or Tbilisi.
I'm really sad thay didn't do it
