Ararat-Armenia overcome Olympia in extra time

Ararat-Armenia defeated First League side Olimpia 4:1 after extra time in the Armenian Cup round of 16 to secure their place in the quarter-finals.

Alioune Ndour opened the scoring for the Yerevan-based club from the penalty spot in the 15th minute. Guilherme de Oliveira Jesus equalised for Olympia in the 30th minute.

With 18 minutes remaining in regular time, Manuel Tulipa’s side were awarded another penalty, but Ndour missed the opportunity.

Goals from Bernardo Oliveira Dias, Maxence Carlier and Carlos França in extra time secured Ararat-Armenia’s progression to the next round.