SPORTSWORLD.AM
In the quarterfinals of the Armenian Cup, Gyumri's Shirak hosted Arararat-Armenia. The first game of the quarterfinals ended with a victory for Manuel Tulipa's team, with Aliyev Ndour scoring the only and winning goal of the match in the added time of the first half.
In the return match, "Shirak" showed active football. The Yerevan club has a slight advantage over Lyova Mryan and his teammates, which could have changed, but the efforts of the Gyumri team did not serve their purpose. The first half ended with a score of 0:0, in a confrontation (1:0).
In the second half, Arsen Hovhannisyan's men played in the same style, but in the 59th minute of the match, Shirak's 25-year-old goalkeeper Lyova Karapetyan took advantage of a mistake, allowing Paul Ayongo to open the scoring, doubling his team's advantage in the confrontation (2:0).
According to AFSCORE statistics, Ararat-Armenia had possession of the ball with a 57/43% percentage ratio, organizing 67 attacks on the opponent's goal compared to 59, 35 of which were dangerous, while Shirak organized 24 dangerous attacks on the opponent's goal.
In the 76th minute of the match, Welton Nunes doubled the advantage of the Black and Whites in this match, in the confrontation (3:0). Thus, Ararat-Armenia advanced to the semi-finals of the Armenian Cup, joining the current cup holder, Noah, Urartu, and Andrak, a team playing in the first group of Armenia.