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In the third round of the Fastex Premier League, Alashkert hosted Yerevan's Ararat.
In the opening three minutes of the match, Vahe Gevorgyan's "Alashkert" dominated the initiative and earned a penalty kick, which was converted by the Fastex Premier League's 2024/25 season's best player, Karen Nalbandyan, and opened the score of the match (5).
The 23-year-old football player had become a real headache for the goalkeepers of the teams participating in the Armenian domestic championship.
Haji Mustafa's return to Ararat was unsuccessful, as he violated the rules of the game in a fight with Olawale Farajola and received a red card from Ashot Ghaltakhchyan.
David Terteryan played more on the right wing today, taking into account how the match was going. "Alashker" players Karen Nalbandyan and Edgar Piloyan constantly cooperated with each other, which was crowned with success.
These teams have met 50 times in their history, 30 matches ended in a victory for Alashkert, 13 times for Ararat, and seven matches ended in a draw.
Karen Nalbandian, with the help of Enrico and Faroyola, scores an important goal on the way to the locker room and registers a double to his name.
"Alashkert" head coach Vahe Gevorgyan may have two opinions about the first half, because with his team having an advantage over the opponent, it is logical that they should also have a greater advantage in the score.
In the second half, Ararat's task is to quickly gain possession of the ball and move forward, but Alashkert does not give up its tactics.
The game was tied from the 55th minute of the match until the 69th minute when Ararat player Faye, playing by the rules in the opponent's penalty area, brought his team a penalty kick, which was accurately and confidently scored by Momo Toure.
After this match, Alashkert earns its first three points of the current season and takes fifth place in the standings, while Ararat closes it with 1 point. In the next round, Vahe Gevorgyan's Alashkert will face Robert Arzumanyan's Urartu in an away match. They last met in the final of the Vbet Armenia Cup, in the Noravank-Urartu match, where the club representing Vayots Dzor won 3:2, while Ararat will host Artak Oseyan's Pyunik at home.