Torreense vs Ararat-Armenia 3-2

Torreense came from behind to beat Ararat-Armenia 3-2, with Javi Vazquez’s stoppage-time equaliser and Musa Drammeh’s 90+5th-minute winner settling it after both sides were reduced to 10 men.

Torreense struck first in the 13th minute when Jorge Aguirre de Céspedes, with an assist from Javi Vazquez, made it 1-0. VAR then confirmed a card upgrade for Aguirre de Céspedes on 22 minutes, and he was sent off on 25 minutes. Ararat-Armenia levelled in the 41st minute through Karen Muradyan from Zhirayr Shaghoyan’s pass, and the half-time score was 1-1.

Ararat-Armenia went ahead on 58 minutes when Bruno Wilson scored from Artur Serobyan’s assist, but Torreense had already lost another player to injury-time pressure on the bench as Musa Drammeh had come on in the 36th minute. Torreense made two changes on 66 minutes, Ararat-Armenia made two on 68, and Torreense made two more on 76, just before Joao Donna was sent off. That left the visitors protecting a 2-1 lead until Javi Vazquez, who had come on in the 66th minute, scored in the third minute of stoppage time from David Bruno’s assist to make it 2-2, before Drammeh, who had come on in the 36th minute, sealed it in the fifth minute of stoppage time.

Ararat-Armenia had 58% possession and 476 passes to Torreense’s 332, and they also finished with more shots, 19 to 12, more on target, 8 to 5, more corners, 6 to 4, and a slightly higher xG, 1.66 to 1.48. Torreense had 6 saves to Ararat-Armenia’s 2 and the match ended with both teams down to 10 men.

There were five yellow cards for Ararat-Armenia, to Bruno Wilson on 43 minutes, Karen Muradyan and Bernardo Oliveira in first-half stoppage time and 48 minutes, Arman Nersesyan on 79 minutes, and Carlos Henrique França Freires on 84 minutes. Torreense’s bookings went to Volnei Feltes in first-half stoppage time and Musa Drammeh on 88 minutes, while Aguirre de Céspedes and Joao Donna were both sent off.