FC Noah is still unknown to the general public, and its future in European competitions will be played out on Thursday. An Armenian team with a Portuguese accent, looking for a historic achievement in the Conference League.
Last season, they finished second in the championship, which allowed them to book a ticket to the preliminary rounds of the Conference League, and the Armenian club FC Noah is making a remarkable rise. Focus on this young formation created in 2017, which, with the help of its share of Portuguese, wants to assert itself on the European stage.
Keen to change the existing hierarchy on the national stage, the leaders of Noah Club decided to head to Portugal to identify the key players in the project. With extensive experience in Portugal and the Middle East, Paulo Leitao So he joined the club, just like Paulo MoreiraWho worked for many years as a scouting coordinator at Sporting. Nuno Motawho was a scout for the Lisbon club, also joined the ranks of FC Noah to try to bring this young club to the top.
A true Portuguese identity, reinforced during the summer transfer window with the arrival of the technical Roy MotaHe also took three of his countrymen in his luggage, namely: Gonzalo Silva, Helder Ferreira and Gonzalo GregorioIn order to prepare its workforce for its future European adventures. During this season, the club aims to perform better than the previous season, and FC Noah members can boast that they have already rocked the Mika Stadium last week.
In the third preliminary round of the Conference League, the Armenian team defeated AEK Athens (3-1). A historic success, but just the first step in the race to achieve the dream, which consists of competing in the main stage of European competition. “We played well but what I want to stress is that we only reached the end of the first half of this double encounter. Nothing was won.”The team's assistant coach told us Andre Freixeiroafter the recent success of FC Noah.
They completed a stunning first leg, helped by a passionate crowd in Yerevan, the men Roy Mota They will have to face a hostile climate in Greece on Thursday. After their defeat in the first round, AEK Athens will certainly throw their last strength into the fight to overturn a two-goal deficit in front of their home fans. In this delicate context, the young FC Noah team hopes to confirm their success in the first leg and thus write an unprecedented page in Armenian football, with the contribution of their Portuguese team.
