The battle against tough Belshina in Bobruisk was decided by a splendid shot by Filip Rudzik. The midfielder used a fantastic pass by Aliaksandr Paulau to volley the ball just into the top right corner with no chances for Kopantsov.
Belshina goalkeeper was one of the brightest persons in the game making a lot of saves. He denied Aliaksandr Valadzko and Edhar Aliakhnovich in the first half as well as Dzmitry Mazaleuski and substitute Vitali Radzionau in the second.
On the whole BATE controlled the game quite confidently, but failed to use more than one of many goalscoring opportunities. Renan Bressan did not score two good free-kicks. Belshina managed to create a fantastic chance in the second half. Ex-borisovite Henadzi Blizniuk headed the ball just a bit wide. BATE answered with a fantastic moment created by Vitali Radzionau. But the forward did not manage to beat outstanding Kopantsov.
Nevertheless, BATE grabbed the win and heads the table with 7 points clear off the closest chaser. BATE will face Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodzino on Saturday, 13 October at Borisov Gorodskoi Stadion. The Kick Off is 17.00.
The biggest task for us was to get the team together after the Bayern match. It was an emotional evening for us, so we decided to make two days off instead of one. Luckily our players are professionals and we have a lot of players in the rotation, so we were quite confident. Hleb did not play today but this is due to private reasons. He is fit and he is hundred per cent ready to play. Belshina was great today. They created a couple of good opportunities. We were not aggressive enough upfront, but nevertheless took three important points.
Alexander SEDNEV (FC Belshina Bobruisk):
I would like to thank the players for the game as well as to congratulate the opponents with the win. We are now undergowing quite a difficult spell with no wins for almost two months. But the players are positive and we are looking for solutions for the situation. It is hard to play against BATE and we tried our best. Unfortunately, did not manage to take points. But we will try our best in future.
