After recovering from a cruciate knee ligament injury, Armenia national team and Urartu Yerevan footballer Karen Melkonyan returned to action and immediately completed a double, helping Urartu defeat Alashkert 6-1 in a crucial game in the fight for 4th place in the Conference League.
Karen suffered a cross injury in the very first round and was treated throughout the season. It was his second match in the current season of the Armenian Premier League.
Before that, the 25-year-old footballer also took the field in the Armenian Cup final and played 3 minutes. In the match against ‘Alashkert’ Melkonyan entered the field in the 62nd minute and distinguished himself with two goals.
Urartu vs Alashkert 6-1.
1-0 Leon Sabua (Mirzoyan, 8).
1-1 Vbeymar Angulo (45+2).
2-1 Arman Ghazaryan (Margaryan, 51).
3-1 Karen Melkonyan (Gilmore, 65).
4-1 Nikolay Prudnikov (Peshkukich, 66).
5-1 Karen Melkonyan (Margaryan, 80).
6-1 Oleg Polyakov (90+5).
After this victory ‘Urartu’ is in 4th place, 4 points ahead of ‘Ararat’ and 6 points ahead of ‘Alashkert’. There are 2 rounds left till the end of the championship.
