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In the second leg of the Europa League third qualifying round, Yerevan's NOAH hosted Gibraltar's Lincoln Red Imps.
Sandro Perkovic's men showed activity at the start of the match and could have opened the scoring at one point. The Croatian specialist spoke about the referees in the first match during the pre-match press conference, according to him, an eleven-meter kick was awarded there, which should not have been awarded.
In the tenth minute of the match, Helder Ferreira, going one-on-one with the opponent's goalkeeper, was unable to send a shot beyond the goal line.
In the opening twenty minutes, the Yerevan club had more possession of the ball and there had been no attacks on the goal of team captain Ognjen Chancharevich.
Oulad Omar and his friends are once again the leaders in the number of attacks.
David Sualehe's attack on the left wing ended with a free kick, which Nauzet Santana intercepted after the kick.
The positional attack created by the trio of Sergey Muradyan, David Sualehe, and Ognjen Chancharevich was again unsuccessful for NOA.
Thus, the teams went into halftime tied at goalless.
In the second half, both teams started playing active football and the ball did not stay in the center of the field. "NOA" Marin Iakolis could have become a hero in the 65th minute, but he did not succeed.
Twelve minutes before the end of the game, the players who had filled the defensive zone of the Yerevan club made a mistake due to fatigue, taking advantage of which the opponent took a shot from a difficult position, which was saved by the Serbian goalkeeper of the Armenian national team, Ognjen Cancharević.
Positioned on the right wing of the attack, Alen Grgić, who came on as a substitute in the second half, often failed to get his passes to the right, the ball ended up in front of the opponent's feet or left the field of play. Apparently, the 31-year-old Croatian footballer was not ready to participate in this match. The game ended in a draw 0:0 and went into extra time.
In the first half of extra time, "NOAH" played active football, but the final stage of the attacks did not go well for them, this could have several reasons: fatigue, psychological tension, etc. Hovhannes Hambardzumyan, left alone with Santa, hit a high shot and this was not the only episode during this half. Watching the match, it was clear that it would move to the penalty kick.
Thus, the Yerevan club will continue its fight in the Conference League qualifying play-off round.