Urartu FC defender Erik Piloyan made his debut for the Armenian national team, in a friendly fixture against Cyprus. The footballer shared his emotions.

ABOUT HIS DEBUT

«I'm very happy to make my debut for the national team of Armenia. I think it's every footballers dream. It was a friendly fixture, but it doesn't matter․

Unfortunately, It wasn't the result that we have wanted, we drew, but nothing is lost. I will try to do everything in order to play as many matches as possible in the national team. Thanks to everyone for supporting and helping me.»

ABOUT HIS PHYSICAL FORM AND TEAM'S AIM

«I think I'm in good shape now. I also trained with many experienced players, I learned a lot, which will help me in the future. I will try to improve my form, because we have many important matches in the championship, but the team is ready, we all understand the seriousness of the games, we will go out as finalists in each one, we must try to get the highest possible position. In general, the team is in a good shape, we have to keep all that and increase in order to achieve the desired result.»

ABOUT HIS GAMETIME AND ATMOSPHERE IN THE TEAM

«The competition is very strong, because all the players deserve to be on the pitch. I am grateful to the coaches for giving me the opportunity to play, I, in turn, did everything to justify the trust. There are no first and second line-ups in our team, everyone is ready to take the pitch at any moment and help the team as much as possible. Both on and off the pitch, the atmosphere in the team is very good and it all has a good effect on our game.»