The Pyunik Chronicle
Player ratings8 Mar 2027
Witi runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 41. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Match6 Mar 2027
Javi Moreno settles it late for Pyunik
The 88th minute, half the ground already edging towards the exits, and Javi Moreno decided nobody was going anywhere. Van had no time left to answer.
Squad8 Mar 2027
Sergiy Vakulenko: that is not what I was promised
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Pyunik have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad8 Mar 2027
Lucas Villela signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Lucas Villela and Pyunik agree another 2 years.
Squad8 Mar 2027
Tempers go at Pyunik
Eric Ocansey was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Boardroom8 Mar 2027
6 academy players handed senior numbers at Pyunik
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
Match6 Mar 2027
Javi Moreno sends Pyunik past Van
It finished 2‑1, and it was Javi Moreno’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Pyunik.
Market8 Mar 2027
Arman Simonyan steps up from the Pyunik academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Arman Simonyan has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market8 Mar 2027
Mkhitar Grigoryan steps up from the Pyunik academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Mkhitar Grigoryan has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
In brief
- Market Edgar Simonyan steps up from the Pyunik academy
- Market Pyunik promote Edgar Hovhannisyan from within
- Player ratings Eric Ocansey in the eights