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FC BATE — Minsk

The start of the season in Borisov was a true show with children performing, a speech from the region's authorities and traditional raising of the flag by two captains preceded by bread and salt from hospitable land of Borisov. A true special of the day was the first touch of the ball made by Yuri Pudyshev, Soviet football legend and FC BATE Reserves.

The Borisovites made three changes in the line-ups. Siarhei Chernik was there in the goal instead of Germans Māliņš, Dzmitry Likhtarovich appeared on the pitch instead of Aliaksandr Karnitski and suspended Edhar Aliakhnovich made room for Anri Khagush.

Already in the beginning of the match BATE head coach had to make another substitution, putting in Aliaksandr Paulau instead of Dzmitry Baha, who was injured. But that did not mean a lot for BATE who were determined to grab their first victory in 2014 Vysshaya Liga.

Aliaksandr Valadzko made a couple of nice tries blocked by defenders before Illia Aleksiyevich fired above the bar from a good position. FC Minsk had a couple of nice chances cancelled out by faultless Chernik.

BATE started the second half quite lively with a lot of attacks. Siarhei Kryvets squandered a good chance firing above the bar from the box. But the Yellow-Blues did score after a set-piece. Filip Mladenović made a good cross into the box for Ryhor Filipenka to head the ball into the corner.

Right after that Vitali Radzionau could have scored the second, but was denied twice. First Begunov cleared the ball from the goal-line, and then his shot lacked a bit of preciseness. And 15 minutes before the final whistle Radzionau was about to add an assist to his statistics, but Mikhail Hardzeichuk and Siarhei Kryvets wasted fantastic opportunities.

Nevertheless, BATE recorded an important win and is looking forward to travelling to Gomel next weekend.

Aliaksandr YERMAKOVICH (FC BATE Borisov):
- That was a very tough game. We prepared very hard for it. We did not have place for complacency. We were aiming only for the win. The opponents were really determined to get points in Borisov. Although we know the team very well. The first goal decided a lot. Minsk had to go forward and we got space for counterattacks. Unfortunately, we did not use them, but we know we need to work hard to improve. Yuri Pudyshev's birthday was our inspiration. We would like to devote this victory to him.

Andrei SKOROBOGATSKO (FC Minsk):
- We understood the importance of this match and prepared for it thoroughly. We played against FC Minsk in Supercup game and knew a lot about the team. It was a nice game, but one second of low concentration and we got a set-piece goal again. We had to take risks and attack. But on the whole I am thankful to the guys for their commitment. There was a lot of tackles today, which shows the guys wanted to win very much.

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№	Player	Substitutions	G	P	PG	PNS	GC	ПП	ОП		О
16	Chernik S.										8.5
2	Likhtarovich D.	54'									7.2
62	Hardzeichuk M.	54'									6.6
8	Valadzko A.										7
9	Aleksiyevich I.										7.1
10	Krivets S.	86'									7.2
7	Karnitski A.	86'									6.1
14	Khagush A.										7.4
20	Radzivonau V.										7.5
21	Filipenka R.		1								9.2
22	Mladenović F.			1							8.7
25	Baha D.	9'									6.5
17	Paulau A.	9'									7.2
33	Paliakou D.										7.3

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