the hosts earned a first success in european competition but it was not enough to prevent the armenian champions progressing.
fc shirak fell to defeat in serravalle, but their three-goal first-leg cushion proved too much of a gap to bridge for sp tre penne, who were unable to deny the armenian champions a uefa champions league second qualifying round place.
samuel kyere put into his own net with just two minutes on the clock and shirak ended the night with substitute davit marikyan sent off in added time for picking up two yellow cards. yet while tre penne achieved a first ever success in uefa competition, it was vardan bichakhchyan's side who advanced to face fk partizan.
after being outplayed last week, it appeared things had turned around rapidly for marco protti's hosts in san marino when ghanaian defender kyere turned the ball past artur harutyunyan with the match in its infancy.
however, the visiting side responded immediately, hoping to snuff out any hope of an unlikely comeback, as didier kadio and davit hakobyan fired off target. ısmaël fofana, scorer of a hat-trick last week, was then denied twice in quick succession by federico valentini in the tre penne goal, before shooting wide before the interval.
the pressure continued after the break, but the hosts resolutely held on to the consolation of that first european win. as for shirak, who threw everything at the home side without reward over the 90 minutes, they at least left with the all-important aggregate win.
