Fixtures and Results >  SEASON-2014

FC BATE — Naftan

In comparison with the game against Debreceni VSC BATE Head coach Aliaksandr Yermakovich made quite a few changes to the starting XI including Andrei Yakovlev who made his maiden match for the Yellow-Blues.

Naftan, who are surprisingly good this season under a former home crowd's favourite and an ex-BATE player Valeri Stripeikis, started very well creating a couple of good opportunities just as the game kicked off. One was missed by Zhukovski and the other saved by outstanding Chernik.

After a troublesome start the Yellow-Blues regained possession and territory and started to create opportunities for opening the scoreline. Mikalai Sihnevich was close to netting a ball but lost his duel with Dovgiallo twice.

BATE did not force forward a lot, but still managed to break the deadlock. Aliaksandr Valadzko made it all for Siargei Krivets with a fantastic play-through. Krivets showed his outstanding class as well dribbling past the goalkeeper with just one touch and netting the goal.

But that was the last luck for the Yellow-Blues in the first half. Soon Haiduchyk had to be replaced due to an injury. And then Naftan equalized using a set-piece. Yakimov made a long range shot and caught Chernik and defenders unexpectedly from 30 meters.

In the second half the Yellow-Blues were more active, but the home side bet only on defence and did not even think about attacking. Zhukovski was loitering up front for a while but then all the Novopolotsk boys deployed in front of their net.

Yermakovich did everything he could to save the win sending Vitali Radzionau and Mikhail Hardzeichuk into the pitch. But Naftan were solid back and a couple of the referee's calls were really strange.

The ending of the game was a thriller with chances on both sides. Naftan did a lot to prevent BATE of showing their best.

BATE earned one point and will face FC Dinamo Minsk on Wednesday in all-Belarusian El Clasico at Traktor stadium.

Valeri STRIPEIKIS (FC Naftan Novopolotsk):
- I am grateful to the players for their commitment in this result. Obviously the opponent was strong, but we played a good match and could even have won if we used our goalscoring opportunities at the end of the game. And we made a bad mistake to give away a goal to BATE. But this is not something that can happen all the time. All players make mistakes. Otherwise it would be 0-0 all the time.

Aliaksandr YERMAKOVICH (FC BATE Borisov):
- We were determined to win, but dropped unplanned points. In the first half I did not like our attitude to the game. After the break it was better, but still we lacked sharpness. We created opportunities, but poor finishing prevented us from winning. We wanted to win badly and rushed forward with all the squad. Unfortunately we failed to score and could even get another goal. I think the score is fair.

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№	Player	Substitutions	G	P	PG	PNS	GC	ПП	ОП		О
16	Chernik S.						1				5.6
3	Haiduchyk V.	43'									6.1
33	Paliakou D.	43'									6.3
8	Valadzko A.			1							7.5
9	Aleksiyevich I.										6.3
10	Krivets S.		1								8
13	Sihnevich M.										6.9
21	Filipenka R.										6.6
22	Mladenović F.										7.2
23	Aliakhnovich E.										8
42	Valadzko M.	46'									7
20	Radzivonau V.	46'									6
77	Iakovlev A.	63'									6.8
62	Hardzeichuk M.	63'									6.3

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