The Bentonit Ijevan Chronicle
Squad14 Sep 2026
A one-man rearguard from Martin Berkovec
There were 6 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Squad14 Sep 2026
Words exchanged at Bentonit Ijevan
Lucas Rocha and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Match12 Sep 2026
Kiuan’s goal not enough for Bentonit Ijevan
Kiuan scored, and precious little else went right: 1‑3 to Andranik, and a quiet walk to the dressing room.
The dugout14 Sep 2026
No hiding place for Martin Berkovec
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Martin Berkovec, and the manager let it.
Squad14 Sep 2026
Bentonit Ijevan are still strangers to each other
27 new signings in one window. Every one may be an upgrade and the side can still be worse for a while, which is the part of a rebuild the verdicts never mention.
The dugout14 Sep 2026
The view from the dugout
“We will look at it, we will learn from it, and we go again.” The three sentences every manager keeps for a 1‑3 defeat, delivered by Karen Ghazaryan to a room that had heard them before.
Squad14 Sep 2026
Shirak Badalyan: “I am not a substitute”
“I have done everything asked of me in training and it has not changed a thing on a Saturday.” The most familiar complaint in football, and one Bentonit Ijevan will have to answer with minutes or with a transfer.
Market14 Sep 2026
Bentonit Ijevan and Will Viana are talking past each other
“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.
The dugout14 Sep 2026
Somebody else is better right now than Hrachya Sargsyan
The team sheet says it in public every week until it changes. The only version of being dropped a footballer cannot argue with, and the one he takes hardest.
In brief
- The dugout No place in the plan for Lucas Rocha
- Looking ahead Garnik Minasyan faces his old club
- Market The Nael question follows Bentonit Ijevan around