"Noah" claimed a 2:1 victory over Russian champions "Zenit" in their first training match during the camp in Qatar. For the Armenian team, forwards Gonzalo Gregorio (from a penalty) and Mateus Ayas scored one goal each in the two halves. "Zenit’s" only goal was scored by Alexander Erokhin.
"Zenit" played with a reserve lineup as they had another match in the morning. However, players such as Alexander Erokhin, Du Queiroz, Mateo Cassierra, Ilyas Akhmetov, Dmitry Chistyakov, and Luciano Gondou were in the starting lineup.
In this match, Noah's newcomers James Santos and Bruno Almeida (yet to be officially announced) participated, along with youth team players Zaven Khudaverdyan, Bilal Fofana, Artur Movsesyan, Artur Coneglian, and Mohamed Boua Mbilia.
Videos of the match's goals are available on our Telegram channel.