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In the sixth round of the Fastex Premier League, Noah hosted Artak Oseyan's Pyunik at the Vahagn Tumasyan Sports Complex in Abovyan.
At the very start of the match, the Armenian champion/cupholder, thanks to a clever combination, Marin Iakolis, opened the score in the third minute. In the fifth round, “Noah” and “Pyunik” lost to their opponents. Sandro Perkovic’s boys lost to their opponents’ team: Vahe Gevorgyan’s “Alashkert”, “Pomegranates” with a score of 1:2. “Urartu”.
Armenia's most titled club, led by Artak Oseyan, has recorded one draw, one win, and one loss in three games.
In the second half, “Pyunik” showed activity, but Sandro Perkovic’s boys were able to neutralize every attempt they made. Despite the slight activity of “Pyunik”, “Noah” had more possession of the ball at the start of the second half, and against that background, 23-year-old Gevorg Tarakhchyan, whom “Pyunik” invited, Yeghishe Melikyan and Artak Oseyan also trust the young football player, equalized the score with a beautiful shot (62nd minute). “Noah” needed only three minutes to take the lead again. In the 65th minute, Helder Ferreira, after a pass from Marin Jakolis, scored the goal defended by Stanislav Buchnev, 2:1. The 29-year-old Croatian football player made two effective actions (goal + assist) in the 77th minute of this game. Daniel Aghbalyan scores an own goal in the 78th minute and puts his team in a difficult position.
In such a situation, the team in the winning position tries not to make mistakes against the opponent, and Ognjen Chancharevich and his teammates were able to do this. The referee of the match, Artak Vardanyan, added six minutes to the main time, which is enough to reduce the score and equalize, but there are no such prerequisites from the side of “Pyunik”. In the added four minutes, the ball belonged more to the champion/cupholder of Armenia. “Pyunik” did not offer “Noah” anything in this game, except for Gevorg Tarakhchyan’s goal episode. This is already the fourth consecutive defeat of “Pyunik” in matches with “Noah”, three of which were under the leadership of Yeghishe Melikyan.
Photo: "Ararat-Armenia"
In the next match of the day, Manuel Tulipa's Ararat-Armenia won 3:2 away against Robert Arzumanyan's Urartu.
This round, Ararat-Armenia and Urartu finished in second and third place in the standings with ten points each, Noah is in fourth place with nine points, and Pyunik is in fifth place with seven points.
Let's add that in the next round, Ararat-Armenia will host Noah at home, and Pyunik will host the "army" again at home.