After the first match of the preparatory period, we talked to the head coach of Urartu Alexander Grigoryan:

ABOUT THE GAME

“In general, the first match raised a lot of questions for me, and in this match we showed our positive and strong sides and the fast attackers of the opponent revealed our vulnerabilities. Therefore, it is good that we got such an opponent right in the first game. You won't find such fast, individually strong attackers in every team. The club just left the First League, and these players, who today aggravated, created chances, scored, they created a lot of problems for us and exposed our vulnerabilities in defense. As for playing in attack, I can say that in the first half we created four chances after very high-quality, quick interactions, those that we master in the training process. It was similar to what we had planned, it worked out for us in the game. But in general, there were a few moments, we need more. In the second half, our line-ups were already mixed. The only thing I can say is that those young players whom we put on the field showed themselves in this match."

ABOUT NEW PLAYERS

“I am very pleased that we made the decision to sign Dmitry Guz, I have known him for many years from the FNL. Many people think that he is too straightforward defender, and I think that he is a player with such a spirit, with such fighting qualities as his, not only wins 90% of martial arts, but also gives confidence. I am absolutely sure that it is not without reason that in the match of the last round of the Armenian Championship for the first place against Noa FC it was with the appearance of Guz with the captain's armband that Ararat-Armenia FC looked like a head stronger than all the teams in Armenia. Let's see how they will look without him, and we got a very serious defender. Our Brazilian left-back Santos pulled the intercostal muscle a little during this morning training session as we play under pressure. But there was an opportunity to play for Edgar Grigoryan, who was on loan at Noah FC, he scored a goal and, in general, had a good match. As for Vitinho and Santos, we have acquired very promising guys who still need to be trained, that is, they are not ready-made guys who have already arrived skilled. In general, I have very positive impressions from them."