ROBERT ARZUMANYAN: WE CONCEDED GOALS BECAUSE OF OUR OWN MISTAKES

The head coach of our team shared his thoughts on the match.

- We didn’t play bad football in the first half, I wouldn’t say very good, but we didn’t play bad football. We conceded goals from our mistakes, long-range shots were repeated and so on, we need to understand how to fix that, but the game was broken twice. The first time the referee broke the game, when he didn’t give a clear penalty. The probability would have been very high that we would go into the break with a 2-1 score. That definitely broke the game. The second one happened after the third goal. With the energy that we entered and tried to bring the game back, because in terms of the game we were not bad in the first half. But it’s not worth talking about the refereeing, it is a shame for Urartu, how many times has it happened already. Against Alashkert last season they didn’t give a clear red card, today a clear penalty, all the games with BKMA. But Noah were stronger than us, they won deservedly, congratulations to them.

- My question is about the goalkeeper. Maybe Mishiev’s excessive calmness affects his level of play, the competition for this position is not that big, last season there was Gor Matinyan.

- No, the calmness does not affect Mishiev, he is a serious, professional goalkeeper, but there are too many mistakes, different types, we need to understand, long-range shots and so on.
I am very satisfied with how he shows himself, he is one of the most professional footballers in the team. But there is competition. Dragojevic is training very well, he is ready to play. We need to understand how in this process we should help him improve. He performed very well in the autumn part, there are problems from the spring part, we need to try to help him. He has very good qualities and has had very good games. Maybe it is his first season, he is young, before that he wasn’t playing. I am satisfied with how he shows himself, both in training and outside of training, but we have competition, a very good goalkeeper in Dragojevic.

- Last year he impressed so much that everyone expected the same kind of game.

- No, he is still playing well. Every footballer needs to train better, this applies to everyone, we need to help reduce the mistakes, so the footballer can progress.
Maybe it is a period when something is not going well for him, but he also knows it, maybe a little tension is created because of that. Noah is also a strong team, maybe there was tension.
He is a very good goalkeeper, I am sure he will return to his best form.

- Bruno Michel scored two goals, it seemed he was getting into the rhythm, but then it seems the game is not working out for him.

- Today he did a big amount of work, covered a lot of space, confidently went into one-on-one dribbling, maybe he overused it, but he was one of those footballers who tried to make some difference. We are also working on him so he can find passes. I think that from training to training he is improving his physical condition. In decisions, we need to be more effective as a whole team. Today he did huge work physically and also with desire.

- Today we saw a new footballer in the squad. With this squad, will Urartu be able to fight for the top positions?

- We are very satisfied, he has just arrived, he had not trained with his team for a long time, the last time was in May, but he has a big desire during training, and he has the character of a sportsman.

-We planned that he should get playing time, but he needs to get into good physical condition. Our goal is to play every game well. Many teams are fighting for the top positions, and they have good squads. Definitely our goal is to fight for the high positions.
The league is ahead of us, it depends on us. If we can implement our intentions on the pitch, I think we can beat any team.

-But I cannot not talk about it, I don’t know who is responsible, they don’t give red cards. Today they explained to us that the penalty was 2 centimeters outside, they looked at it in 3D. I would like to see the line they drew.
To say that and move forward, there are many details. Maybe someone who doesn’t go deep into our game doesn’t see it. You look at other games, they add 7 minutes, then 3 minutes becomes 10 minutes. In our game, 2 minutes. Against BKMA, 2 minutes.

And many things, I already see a they do it deliberetly but it’s okay, we will overcome that too.