Fixtures and Results >  SEASON-2014

FC BATE — Neman

In comparison with the game won against FC Dnepr in Mogilev (1-0) the coaching staff of BATE made just one change. Maksim Valadzko appeared for the first time in the line-up, and Dzmitry Likhtarovich went on the bench.

The first 45 minutes were quite rich in tackles and fight for initiative. FC Neman were quite confident in the defence and created a couple of nice attacks. BATE were active, but made too many mistakes in passing.

The first half lacked good opportunities. The Guests created the first won when Rekish went into the box after fall of Anri Khagush and made a pass to Khachaturyan. But Siarhei Chernik was attentive and stopped the ball easily.

In 31^st minute Maksim Valadzko was close to scoring after a good pass by Siarhei Kryvets. But he did not manage to deliver a powerful shot.

After the break BATE played more aggressively. In 57^th minute Filip Mladenović made a good cross into the box, but Aliaksandr Paulau dumped the opportunity with a clumsy header. After that Paulau and Kryvets created a couple of good attacks, but managed to get just a corner from it. Rapalis, Neman's shotstopper, was really confident.

Neman made a series of substitutions as well and in 70^th minute Tarasov was close to a goal, but Siarhei Chernik was quick enough to react to a close range shot.

But teams did not agree for a draw. In 87^th minute BATE substitute Aliaksandr Karnitski could have scored after a good pass by Vitali Radzionau, but failed to shoot in a decent manner.

This is not surprising that both goalkeepers were named the best players of the game.

In spite of the draw BATE finished top of the table after round one. We hope that already on Thursday when the Yellow-Blues play against FC Shakhtyor Soligorsk will return to the winning track.

Sergei SOLODOVNIKOV (FC Neman):
- It was a good match. That was a rare game without goals that was interesting to see. Both teams tried to attack. I think both BATE and Neman succeeded in the game. I think we were better on counterattacks. But we prepared for this game tactically. I think we can treat this as a success.

Aliaksandr YERMAKOVICH (FC BATE):
- We lacked speed. There is a lot of reasons for that. We were too slow, and the opponents defended quite successfully leaving us with few space. And if you devote too much time to attacks, you always have risk of getting a counterattacks. In position attacks we had opportunities, Sasha Karnitski could have scored. On the whole I think the result is fair. I cannot beat Sergei Solodovnikov in third game in a row. But at least now I got a point. This is at least something for a start.

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№	Player	Substitutions	G	P	PG	PNS	GC	ПП	ОП		О
16	Chernik S.										9.1
8	Valadzko A.	80'									6.4
23	Aliakhnovich E.	80'									6.7
9	Aleksiyevich I.										7.2
10	Krivets S.										6.5
14	Khagush A.										6.9
17	Paulau A.	74'									5.8
7	Karnitski A.	74'									6.6
20	Radzivonau V.										6.3
21	Filipenka R.										8
22	Mladenović F.										7.2
33	Paliakou D.										7.5
42	Valadzko M.	61'									6.8
13	Sihnevich M.	61'									6.5

The number of users who rated players — 22