In the 5th round of Vbet Armenian Premier League, Urartu FC defeated BKMA 2-1. First, the army team took the lead, Grenik Petrosyan scored a goal, and at the end of the match the players of Urartu FC scored 2 goals and managed to turn the tide of victory in their favor. Narek Grigoryan and Karen Melkonyan scored goals․

 

FOREWORD

Before the international break,players of Urartu FC held their last official match within the Vbet Armenian Premier League. In the 5th round, our guys held away against BKMA. Rafael Nazaryan's team in the current championship suffered only defeats, but already in the last matches they had a good struggle.

WITHOUT MIRANYAN AND ANTWI

Urartu FC approached the match with some staffing problems. Artur Miranyan and Nana Antwi were absent due to injuries sustained in the previous game. Both players will be absent for some time. The scheme of the team has also changed. This time Urartu FC acted according to the 4-2-3-1 scheme, there were 3 substitutions. Instead of Vadym Paramonov, Nana Antwi and Artur Miranyan, Edgar Grigoryan, Livio Milts and Jonel Desire started the match from the first minutes. This time, the coaching staff of Urartu FC turned to a number of rotations, in particular, Hakob Hakobyan acted as a right-back, and Oleg Poliakov - as a reserve striker. After a long break, Jonel Desire was included in the starting line-up. Two players of Urartu FC temporarily playing in the BKMA, Mikael Mirzoyan and Erik Piloyan, were included in the starting line-up of the hosts. The substitutes also included Petros Ghevondyan, Arman Ghazaryan and Hayk Ghevondyan.

PASSIVE START

The beginning of the match was rather passive. BKMA took refuge in his own penalty area and acted without interruption. Urartu FC players in the first half could not find their way to the opponent's goal. In the first half, the players of Urartu FC managed to create a scoring chance. After a corner kick, Annan Mensah won in an aerial duel, but the ball hit the crossbar. A little later, Narek Grigoryan was in the shooting position, but the ball flew past again.

A BOLT FROM THE BLUE

At the end of the first half, BKMA players unexpectedly opened an account. We can say that in their first dangerous attack they ended up scoring. The goal was scored by Grenik Petrosyan. For the first time in the season, BKMA took the lead during the match.

ACTIVE PLAY IN THE SECOND HALF

The missed goal, one might say, sobered the players of Urartu FC. From the very beginning of the second half, the team immediately stepped up on the attack line. Ugochukwu Iwu had the first dangerous moment of the half, but missed from a very advantageous position. Urartu FC increased the pressure. The goal was brewing, but at the end of the attacks, something always did not work out. Jonel Desire found himself in a shooting position several times, but surprisingly missed.

THIRD GOAL IN THE CURRENT CHAMPIONSHIP

You do not know how to change the course of the game, in that case, give the ball to Narek Grigoryan. This boy found his way to the goal of Noravank FC in the first round at the moment when the newcomer of the championship was defending with the whole team, Grigoryan equalized the score in the game with Sevan FC in the second round and gave the team a psychological boost. This time, he again found the path to success. On the 74th minute, the players found his way to the opponent's goal and restored the difference in the score: 1-1.

SUCCESSFUL REPLACEMENT

After the goal, Urartu FC began to act more energetically. Arzumanyan immediately released Karen Melkonyan, and two minutes later the candidate of the Armenian National team first earned a corner, and then scored: 2-1.

+3 POINTS

The final turned out to be really dramatic. But the most important thing in this match was that, despite the difficulties created, Urartu FC managed to get out of the situation with honor and win. Now the team has 9 points. During the break due to international matches, the  players of Urartu FC will rest for 4 days and resume trainings.

BKMA - URARTU FC 1-2

1-0 Grenik Petrosyan (45'), 1-1 Narek Grigoryan (74'), 1-2 Karen Melkonyan (80')

BKMA: 12. Arman Nersesyan, 23. Styop Mkrtchyan, 8. Mikael Mirzoyan, 2. Erik Piloyan, 24. Arsen Galstyan, 14. Martin Grigoryan (19. Narek Alaverdyan 63'), 10. Armen Nahapetyan (c) (52. Artur Serobyan 46'), 7. Aram Khamoyan (11. Serozh Titizyan 74'), 22. Volodya Samsonyan, 50․ Artur Grigoryan, 9. Grenik Petrosyan.

Bench: 1. Harutyun Melkonyan, 11. Serozh Titizyan, 15. Stepan Saghradian, 3. Karen Muradyan, 19. Narek Alaverdyan, 25. Daniel Aghbalyan, 13. Hayk Ghevondyan, 18. Misak Hakobyan, 5. Petros Manukyan, 52. Artur Serobyan, 14. Grigor Muradyan, 4. Arman Ghazaryan.

URARTU FC: 96. Anatolii Aivazov, 15. Annan Mensah, 18. Salomon Nirisarike, 25․ Edgar Grigoryan, 5. Hakob Hakobyan (c), 8. Ugochukwu Iwu, 9. Narek Aghasaryan, 21. Narek Grigoryan (19. Sergey Mkrtchyan 90'), 23 ․ Livio Milts (10․ Karen Melkonyan 78'), 90. Oleg Poliakov, 12. Jonel Desire.

Bench: 24. Arsen Beglaryan, 77․ Erik Simonyan, 67․ Vadym Paramonov, 36. Khariton Ayvazyan, 95. Vardan Arzoyan, 6. Peter Mutumosi, 28. Robert Baghramyan, 19. Sergey Mkrtchyan, 4. Armen Manucharyan, 10․ Karen Melkonyan, 20. Gor Lulukian.