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As part of the second qualifying round of the UEFA Conference League, Yerevan's Pyunik will host Hungarian Gyor, who have won the Champions League four times.
Let us remind you that the Yerevan club achieved an overall advantage over Tre Fiori in the first round, scoring five goals.
At the start of the match, the 16-time champion of Armenia launched an attack, smoothly passing the opponent's defense, which suggests that the head coach had given an order to apply pressure from the beginning of the match, and several times Yeghishe Melikyan's men took shots at the goal defended by Samuel Petros.
The cooperation between goalkeeper Henry Avagyan and Alemao was very good, thanks to which “Pyunik” quickly breaks out of defense. Matas Vareika, who appeared on the left wing of midfield, thanks to his technical qualities, does not allow the opponent to break through that wing. As a backup option, “Dyor” starts playing with high passes, which I cannot finish.
Yeghishe Melikyan is actively working in the technical area, giving tips to his players, since this club is higher in the standings than Tre Fiori, and in the 22nd minute of the match, he opened the score with a penalty kick to Marius Nubiss, which was his second in this competition. He was also accurate in the Yerevan match against the "three flowers".
According to AFSCORE, the eight-time champion of Armenia had possession of the ball with a ratio of 59/41% as of the 30th minute. As a result of rough play by the Hungarian representatives, three players were on the grass and a forced substitution had to be made in the defensive zone, and during that time, Mikhail Kovalenko's pre-training was visible.
Under the pretext of calming the game, the Yerevan club often used the services of Henry Avagyan, passing him a pass. Two minutes before the end of the regular time of the first half, the four-time Hungarian Cup winner showed activity, but the Armenian goalkeeper was in his place. Thus, the ten-time Armenian Super Cup winner went into the break as the winner.
At the start of the second half, 25-year-old Matas Vareika was again on the left wing of the attack, who made a smooth pass into the opponent's penalty area, but was unable to complete the attack, after which the Hungarians became active again, but in vain.
The coaching staff led by Yeghishe Melikyan was also active in the second half, as he said during the post-match press conference: "Dyor is a tough team, it was going to be difficult and they will try to win, but we will not allow it." These words were proven by the score of the match.
All this continues with Danilo Kulikov, who doubles his team's advantage in the 66th minute of the match.
The title of the best football player of this match can be awarded to Henry Avagyan, who was in the game many times, telling everyone, "I'm here."
In the 73rd minute of the match, Yeghishe Melikyan made a double substitution. Alemao and the second goal scorer, Marius Nubissi, were replaced successively by Mikhail Kovalenko and Gevorg Tarakhchyan.
In the 78th minute, Yerevan's newcomer and team captain Alexander Milkovich scored an own goal to reduce the score difference, making the job of Balazs Barber's men easier.
According to sportsworld.am, the best player of the match was Henry Avagyan for his dedicated work.