Fixtures and Results >  SEASON-2013

FC BATE — FC Naftan

In comparison with the lost match against FC Dnepr Mogilev FC BATE coaching staff made five changes. Filip Rudzik and Artsiom Radzkou were missing injured (and not included into the list of 18 as well). Aliaksandr Yurevich, Dzmitry Mazaleuski and Maksim Valadzko were out as well. They were replaced by Aliaksandr Hleb (served his three-match suspension), Ryhor Filipenka, Edhar Aliakhnovich, Dzmitry Baha and Zaven Badoyan.

The first 30 minutes BATE were in charge of the match. Most of the half-chances were near the goal guarded by Nikolay Romaniuk. Naftan were not active in the attack, creating just a couple of good runs to the attacking third of the Yellow Blues, but with just a couple of set-pieces and with no danger at all for Andrei Harbunou's goal.

In the defence the side of Pavel Kucherov were a lot more impressive. They were quite attentive with Alex Hleb and did well to kill every BATE attack. The Borisovites did not manage to play through and had to resort to set-pieces as the main weapon. On the whole the attacks of the Yellow Blues lacked creativity a bit. Pavel Niakhaichyk was close to scoring but missed just inches after a cross by Dzmitry Baha.

After 30th minute the guests remained short-handed. Obrazov made a nasty challenge on Edhar Aliakhnovich and was sent off immediately by the referee.

The second half started with powerful BATE attacks. The Yellow Blues speeded the tempo up and created several opportunities and even scored a goal which was ruled out by the referees due to an offside.

The substitutes were the key to success. Artsiom Kantsavy broke the deadlock with a header after a cross by another sub Aliaksandr Paulau. This was the straw that broke Naftan backbone. BATE scored their second almost at once and Belarusian Scholes was the assistant again. This time he served Pavel Niakhaichyk for an easy netter from the 6-yard box.

And in dying seconds goal by Aliaksandr Paulau himself was the goalscorer. After a perfect passing with Pavel Niakhaichyk he appeared in front of the goal and drilled the ball home with his left foot.

BATE will face the table leaders FC Shakhtyor Soligorsk on Friday, 17 May, in Soligorsk.

Viktar HANCHARENKA, FC BATE Borisov:
- First of all I would like to thank all the people who prepared the pitch today. We are really glad to be back in Borisov. It was nice to play in Zhodino, but you know there is no place like home. And we are happy to win and to give a celebration moment to our fans. The red card definitely influenced the game for sure. We used hot weather and tried to make Naftan players run and get tired. The opponents defended really well. It is nice we scored a goal, Kantsavy did it and this is great. We started off not quite well this season. Hopefully we will finish well then. Kantsavy and Paulau did really well, but no one's place in the line-up is guaranteed. Now we are to concentrate on the match against Shakhtyor. This will be an important battle, but we have time to get prepared.

Pavel KUCHEROV, FC Naftan Novopolotsk:
- I have to congratulate BATE. We started well and on the whole played without serious mistakes. We were disciplined and organised. And even after we lost a player sent off we still showed great commitment. But we just cannot use all the players during the whole match. And this was crucial. We did not manage to play 0-0, which would be a positive result for us.

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№	Player	Substitutions	G	P	PG	PNS	GC	ПП	ОП		О
35	Harbunou A.										7.6
2	Likhtarovich D.	62'									7.1
17	Paulau A.	62'	1	2							9.2
3	Haiduchyk V.										7.4
9	Aleksiyevich I.	69'									7.3
7	Kantsavy A.	69'	1								9.4
11	Badoyan Z.										7.2
13	Hleb A.	82'									8.2
42	Valadzko M.	82'									7
18	Bardachou M.										7.4
21	Filipenka R.										7.4
23	Aliakhnovich E.										7.9
25	Baha D.										6.4
71	Niakhaichyk P.		1	1							8.4

The number of users who rated players — 23