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In the seventh round of the Fastex Premier League, Manuel Tulipa's Ararat-Armenia hosted Sandro Perkovic's Noah at home.
At the start of the match, the "Black and Whites" showed activity, and in the sixth minute of the match, the head referee Henrik Nalbandyan left the team led by the Portuguese specialist with ten players in an incomprehensible situation, sending off Juan Balanta from the field. In the sixth round, Zhirayr Shaghoyan and his teammates achieved a 3:2 advantage over "Urartu" under the opponent's roof. In the previous round, Sandro Perkovic's "Noah" achieved a 3:1 advantage over "Pyunik" as the nominal home team at the Vahagn Tumasyan Sports Complex in Abovyan. In the 22nd minute of the match, Nardin Mulahusejnovic appeared, received a pass in the center of the penalty area from Bruno Pinto, headed the ball from Marin Jakolish, located on the left wing, and opened the score of the match. It took Ararat-Armenia ten minutes to equalize the score.
Taking advantage of a mistake by the Armenian champion/cupholder players, the right winger of the Armenian national team, Zhirayr Shaghoyan, moved forward and sent the ball into the penalty area of “Noah” and Hugo Oliveira scored the goal, making the score 1:1. Seven minutes were added to the first half. There were long breaks, one of which was a red card episode.
Six minutes after the opening whistle of the second half, Nardin Mulahusejnović scored a double after a pass from Marin Jakolish, putting his team ahead for the second time. In the remaining period, the two teams exchanged non-dangerous attacks, trying to find a way to the opponent's goal, but in the 76th minute, as a result of a multi-sided combination, national team player Artur Serobyan was able to equalize the score from a pass from Zhirayr Shaghoyan. Let us recall that 22-year-old Serobyan scored against the Irish team in the framework of the 2026 World Cup qualifying round, which was not recorded due to an offside situation. Let us recall that our team celebrated its first victory in the current championship in that match. Three minutes before the end of the game, Virgil Marcel Pinson received a red card for a gross violation in the "Noah" team. Thus, the two teams parted peacefully in the Yerevan derby.
Today, another match took place in the seventh round, where Artak Oseyan's "Pyunik" hosted "CSKA" in Abovyan. The "Pomegranates" celebrated a 2:1 victory over Armen Gyulbudaghyants' boys. Daniil Kulikov and Alexander Milkovich scored for the 16-time champion of Armenia. Artur Askaryan reduced the score for the Army team.
PHOTO: "NOAH" FC
JOURNALIST: VLADIMIR GABRIELIAN