The teams "Urartu" and "Neman" held the first match of the first qualifying round of the Conference League. This was reported by Euro-football.ru.
In the first half, the pace of the game was slow, but in the second half, goals increased. Yevgeniy Tsymbalyuk fouled Oleg Yevdokimov in the penalty area, and the referee awarded a penalty.
Pavel Savitskiy directed the ball to the left corner with a soft shot, the goalkeeper responded, but in the next shot, Savitskiy hit the ball over the goal. Immediately, Konstantin Kuchinskiy made an accurate pass to Anton Suchkov from the left flank.
Suchkov directed the ball to the far upper corner with a powerful and accurate shot from 17 meters, making the score 0:1. In the 54th minute, Savitskiy took the ball from the right flank, leaving two opponents behind, and scored accurately into the lower corner in a one-on-one situation with the goalkeeper, increasing the score to 0:2.
In the middle of the second half, Artemiy Gun’ko made a great pass from the left flank, and Nikolas Kalukyan entered the penalty area, scoring accurately into the far corner, bringing the score closer to 1:2. Yevdokimov approached the goal from the center and shot to the right corner, but the goalkeeper saved the ball with his foot.
Yuri Pantya attempted a shot from the left side of his half, but the goalkeeper quickly returned and deflected the ball off the goalpost. In the 90th minute of the game, "Urartu" goalkeeper Gor Matinyan received a direct red card for handling the ball roughly.
In the end, the score was 1:2, and it was evident that the "Neman" team had good chances in the return match.
