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BATE Borisov — Naftan Novopolotsk

BATE pocketed another well-deserved win scoring three goals in the fixture against Naftan. It was all decided in the first half when the home side had the job done. And Andrei Harbunou recorded another clean sheet. Thus the first team revenged for the reserves, who lost their match against Naftan 0-3 on Sunday.

The guests' captain Bukatkin was the first to shoot, but very soon BATE grabbed the control over the game and started creating good opportunities. Renan Bressan slalomed past defenders in the 8th minute and shoot on target just for Romanyuk to deny the effort.

In the 11th minute BATE had a hundred per cent chance. After a cross by Bressan Borisov forward Artsiom Kantsavy was heading the ball home, but missed by inches. Soon Aliaksandr Paulau and and Renan Bressan created another fantastic moment, but the shot by Belarusian Brazilian was blocked by the defending side to a corner.

The deadlock was broken in 21th minute. Renan Bressan and Dzmitry Mazaleuski showed fantastic passing and Vysshaya Liga top goalscorer cleverly chipped the ball above the goalkeeper.

Just in 10 minutes it was already 2-0. Dzmitry Baha fired from 30 meters. Romanyuk definitely did not expect it and conceded a goal. And it took nine more minutes to make the score huge. Another superattack by BATE was crowned with a coldblooded finish by Artsiom Kantsavy.

In the second half BATE created many more opportunities to make the score even bigger. But failed to use one of the many opportunities. The fans, who were celebrating 15 years of their foundation, also had something else to use their fires for.

Next Saturday BATE will face Gomel in the showdown of the first round. In Gomel BATE will defend the first place in the table.

Igor Kovalevich (FC Naftan):
- We lost the match before we even started it. Wanted to make rotation, as we have a difficult calendar. But we did not have a team on the pitch. I am disappointed that we did not show any will power. The players did not play the way I wanted. All I can say is to congratulate Borisov with a win.

Viktar Hancharenka (FC BATE):
- We had a team on the pitch. Guys wanted to win, they were aggressive, concentrated. We started and finish our attacking actions. Maybe, in the first half we were even more aggressive. On the whole we add up with every match. And the quality of the pitch is one of the reasons. The better the pitch is, the better we perform.

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№	Player	Substitutions	G	P	PG	PNS	GC	ПП	ОП		О
35	Harbunou A.										0
33	Paliakou D.										0
14	Radzkou A.										0
22	Simić M.										0
18	Bardachou M.			1							0
25	Baha D.	53'	1								0
20	Radzivonau V.	53'									0
2	Likhtarovich D.	73'									0
8	Valadzko A.	73'									0
13	Mazaleuski D.	68'	1								0
77	Rudzik F.	68'									0
10	Bressan R.			1							0
17	Paulau A.										0
7	Kantsavy A.		1								0

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