SPORTSWORLD.AM
In the framework of the fourth round of the UEFA Conference League League stage, the champion/cupholder of Armenia, “Noa”, hosted the Scottish “Aberdeen” in an away match. Until now, the team led by Jimmy Tell has failed to score points in the matches played in the current Conference League tournament and was ranked 35th in the standings. Helder Ferreira and his teammates have scored the same number of points in the four matches played this season. The representative of Armenia scored four points during the entire league stage (group stage) last season. The “Pittdore” stadium can accommodate about 22,000 spectators, where the Scottish national team also held several home matches. Nervin Zolotić and Gonzalo Gregorio are absent from the “Noa” roster. Zolotich is not listed for this match, and Gregorio is absent due to injury, having not played on green grass this season.
There were no dangerous moments in the opening minutes of the match, but both teams showed active football. “Noah” relied on short plays in this match, but the Scottish club’s players had more possession of the ball. The players of the Yerevan club often change their playing positions, apparently to disorient the opponent. In the “Noah” defensive zone, the Armenian national team player Sergey Muradyan, who was the first to react to each advance organized by the opponent, effectively acted on the right. “Aberdeen” played the ball smoothly on the field, but faced problems in the final stages of the attack. “Noah” took its first shot in the 40th minute of the match, which was scored by Nardin Mulahuseynovich, who has scored seven goals for the Armenian team, four of which in the Fastex Premier League, three in the Conference League. Aberdeen opened the scoring at the end of the first half with Kevin Nisbet's goal, his first in the Champions League.
In the first half, "Noah" fell to the right with a lackluster game in the attack line, the players of the Yerevan team were facing problems, which, according to SportsWorldam, some fatigue was observed among the players, which was due to the match "Noah" - "Alashkert" (2:2) in the 14th round of the Armenian domestic championship, which turned out to be a difficult game for Sandro Perković's boys.
Helder Ferreira and his friends started the second half more actively and in the 52nd minute of the match, 27-year-old Bosnian Nardin Mulahusejnović scored his eighth goal from a pass from substitute Mateus Ajas, restoring the balance of the score. It is noticeable from the course of the match that the team led by Jimmy Thelin also has problems and they need to end the match only with a victory, because according to the information provided by UEFA, the Scottish club has one point in its assets, “Noah” is satisfied with returning to Yerevan with even one point (a draw). “Noah” earned the same number of corner kicks within three minutes, pressuring the opponent, to which the second scorer of the Conference League, Nardin Mulahusejnović, responded, but in all episodes the ball did not cross the goal line. Thus, Noah recorded their second draw in Scotland in the League Cup, having five points in their account. The next match of the Armenian representative will be held on December 11 at the Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium in Yerevan, where our team will host Vahan Bichakhchyan's Legia.