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In the eighth round of the Fastex Premier League, “Noah” hosted Yerevan’s “Ararat” at the Vazgen Sargsyan “Republican” Stadium. In the previous round, “Noah” drew with “Ararat-Armenia”. The match was tense. During the match, the head referee showed nine yellow and three red cards. In the same round, Yerevan’s “Ararat” lost 0:6 to the opponent. In the match with the “Orange”, Artur Grigoryan and Patrick Victor Handzongo earned one yellow card each for “Ararat”.
At the start of the match, "Noah" was awarded a free kick, but was unable to use its opportunity. It should be noted that Sandro Perkovic's men are playing slower football than in the match against "Ararat-Armenia".
In the opening twenty minutes, they had five corner kicks, but Albert Safaryan's men were getting closer to Ognjen Cancharević's penalty area. During the opening 27 minutes, the Serbian goalkeeper made three saves, which could be explained by the passivity of Sergey Muradyan and his teammates. Four minutes before the end of regular time in the first half, Ararat player Clinton Dombila was sent off, after which Takuto Oshima scored after a corner kick, which was cleared by Zaven Hovhannisyan. The change of venue for the home matches of the Armenian champion/cup to the Republican Stadium is due to the matches of the League stage of the Conference League, where the Yerevan club will face the Croatian Reika in the first round. Gor Manvelyan and his friends took several shots at Ararat's goal in two minutes, but the ball did not cross the goal line. Before the end of the regular time, the teams could not find a way to each other's goal, during the first two minutes of added time, Ararat gave Noah a penalty kick, which Gor Manvelyan took without fail. As they say, the appetite is opened while eating, a minute later, Matheus Ajas doubled his team's advantage. Thus, Noah ends the match with a victory for the second game in a row and leads the Fastex Premier League standings with 16 points, while Ararat closes it with one point.