SPORTSWORLD.AM
As part of the 25th round of the Fastex Premier League, Yerevan's Pyunik hosted CSKA Moscow. The teams are meeting for the fourth time this season, with two of the previous three games ending in a victory for Pyunik and one for CSKA Moscow. It is noteworthy that the score was 2:1 in all three games.
The 16-time champion of Armenia had the advantage in the first half, the "army" also had their chances, but the home team opened the scoring in the 41st minute of the match, when Marius Nubissi scored a penalty kick (1:0), which is his seventh goal of the current season. It should be noted that this goal was the first for the Cameroonian footballer in the matches against CSKA, during his Armenian career.
In the second half, the teams showed fierce football, CSKA was attacking at the beginning of the half, but Pyunik was ready to neutralize those attacks. The "Pomegranate" team began the struggle in the middle of the second half to increase the advantage in the score. In the 69th minute of the match, the "Army" team mocked the rules against Alemao inside the penalty area, but the head referee Ashot Ghaltakhchyan awarded a free kick, where, according to sportsworld.am, it was necessary to award a penalty kick. Artak Oseyan's boys realized the importance of the game, having a one-goal advantage, they could lose it at any moment. In the final part of the match, there were many corners, performed by Pyunik, and that pressure brought the second penalty kick, which was scored by substitute Momo Yansane, who personally scored it, doubling his team's advantage (2:0), bringing the number of goals to six in the current championship. Thus, Pyunik celebrates an important victory for itself, increasing its points tally to 48 and moving up to second place in the standings, while CSKA is seventh with 22 points.
The last two matches of the 25th round will take place tomorrow, where Ararat and Urartu and Ararat-Armenia and Noah will compete. Let's add that Zhirayr Shaghoyan and his teammates are leading the Fastex Premier League standings with 54 points and in case of victory, they will win the title of national champion ahead of schedule after a six-year break.