The Urartu Post
The dugout14 May 2029
Edik Vardanyan says Urartu went back on their word
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Squad14 May 2029
Words exchanged at Urartu
Mikayel Mirzoyan 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.
Player ratings14 May 2029
Bruno Michel was unplayable
Successful dribbles: 21. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.
Squad14 May 2029
Zhirayr Margaryan falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Match12 May 2029
Urartu refuse to lose to Ararat-Armenia
A point taken on 91 minutes is worth exactly one point and considerably more than that to a dressing room. This side does not stop, which is a reputation worth more than the result.
Match12 May 2029
Honours even between Urartu and Ararat-Armenia
1‑1, and both dressing rooms will call it two points lost. A draw that asked plenty of questions and answered none of them.
The dugout14 May 2029
When it matters, Bruno Michel plays
It is never announced and it is entirely visible: the biggest afternoons of the season keep containing him. A press box works this out long before anybody at the club confirms a word of it.
The dugout14 May 2029
No hiding place for Dmitriy Slesarchuk
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Dmitriy Slesarchuk, and the manager let it.
The dugout14 May 2029
The manager’s verdict
“I am frustrated, honestly. We did enough to win and we did not win.” Henrikh Khachatryan was not hiding it after 1‑1, and nobody in the Urartu dressing room was either.
In brief
- Looking ahead Gor Matinyan goes back to face BKMA
- Squad A first senior shirt for Karen Adamyan
- Market The Nicholas Kaloukian question follows Urartu around