Underdog pressure, race for gold. What surprised the 23rd round of the national championship on football

In the next round of BETERA – the Higher League of the Belarusian Football Championship stumbled “Isloch”, and this was taken advantage of by competitors, “Naftan” and “Belshina” got by victory, exacerbating the struggle for survival, “Vitebsk” won the largest win in the elite division. The correspondent of the Minsk-Novosti agency sums up the results.

“Isloch” missed a chic opportunity to keep the advantage of four points from the pursuers – Minsk “Dynamo” and “ML Vitebsk”. For most of the meeting against Neman, the team from the Minsk district controlled the ball, attacked dangerously. This pressure resulted in a goal in the eighth minute in the goal of the club from Grodno (1: 0), and soon the favorite earned a penalty. He volunteered to punch Vladimir Khvashchinsky. However, the attempt was ruined - struck at the center of the gate. Goalkeeper Nikita Matysyuk saved the team. In the second half, the Neman players played better. They churned out threats and two of them led to goals. After the bluff of the defenders scored Andriya Ratkovich (1: 1), his teammate Ruslan Lisakovich showed how to score a penalty (2: 1).

- We had a bad first half. Probably should have missed 4-5 goals. We didn't have the plan. The game was changed only after the 25th minute. In the second half came another team: the replacements worked, the guys did what they asked for at halftime. I can’t say that the victory is deserved, we just won. This is football, so it happened, noted the coach of “Neman” Igor Kovalevich.

ML Vitebsk without a head coach won against Arsenal. Recall that Philip Sokolinsky recused himself from the post of helmsman, and the team for the match was prepared by the coach for general physical training Sergey Alekseev. "Bookmakers" played back on the opponent for all the failures in previous rounds, scoring five goals. The club from Dzerzhinsk helped the favorite - team forward Dmitry Antilevsky slapped a red card, leaving partners in the minority for the entire second half. By the time of removal, the scoreboard highlighted a draw - 1: 1. After the break, the reigning champion staged a defeat for the canons - 5: 1. Valery Gromyko and Radivoy Bosich issued a double.

Coach “ML Vitebsk” Vitaly Pavlov at a press conference said that the team held the first half is not very clear. At half-time, the guys put their thoughts in order, the removal from the opponent slightly affected. Further, the favorite took control of the ball, the team managed to open the opponent’s defense, score their goals. Pavlov admitted that ML Vitebsk showed football not of the best quality, but the most important result.

Another gold contender, Dynamo Minsk, dealt with BATE. And by the 23rd minute, Dynamo scored twice. After the corner draw, defender Vladislav Kalinin played great (1: 0), and then implemented a one-on-one exit with goalkeeper Evgeny Malashevich (2: 0). The capital club could have scored more. The same Malashevich and Mustafa Jime missed a great chance. On the other hand, BATE revived in the second half. Dinamovtsev twice saved goalkeeper Ivan Shimakovich. Minsk won and took revenge for the defeat in the final of the Cup of Belarus.

- The first is a very good time. The guys were great, they did everything we planned. This resulted in two goals scored and ... at least two more unscored. What is a bit disappointing is that we would like to implement, if not all, then most of the moments we create. In the second half, they played a little more cautiously, but in general they still had chances. It is a pity that they were not implemented, – commented on the results of the game head coach “Dynamo” Alexander Shagoiko.

But “Minsk” lost to one of the outsiders – “Belshina”. Bobruisk club tunes for each meeting as the last to move away from the relegation zone. Now the capital players unwittingly helped the opponent, making productive mistakes. During the first capture of the goal, the defense allowed Vladislav Rusenchik in the center of his penalty area to take the ball and shoot the goal from close range (1: 0). In the second moment, defender Ilya Sviridenko gave a blow: after his loss, opponents launched an attack with lightning speed, and Arseniy Achapovsky increased the advantage (2: 0). “Minsk” had a couple of chances to score, but let opportunities in the wind.

There was another big win on the tour. Vitebsk left no stone unturned in its field from Torpedo-BELAZ – 6:0. And this is the largest win of the Northerners in the elite division in the history of the club’s performance. This is a painful blow for the jellyfish. There were rumors that the head coach of the team Alexey Baga resigned. But will it be accepted? Recall that the season team began under the leadership of Dmitry Lentsevich, then he was replaced by Valentin Mikheev, and then came Baga.

“Slavia” unexpectedly lost to the last team in the table, “Naftan”, – 0: 1. The success allowed the wards of Alexander Khrapkovsky to approach the Dnieper and BATE. The gap is 2 and 4 points, respectively. This means that the struggle for survival in the Major League is escalating. There are seven rounds to the finish line.

Results of matches of the 23rd round

1. 1.“Belshina” (Bobruisk) – “Minsk” – 2: 0;
2. 2.“ML Vitebsk” – “Arsenal” (Dzerzhinsk) – 5: 1;
3. 3.“Isoch” (Minsk district) – “Neman” (Grodno) – 1:2;
4. 4.“Slavia” (Mozyr) – “Naftan” (Novopolotsk) – 0: 1;
5. 5.Dynamo (Minsk) – BATE (Borisov) – 2: 0;
6. 6.Baranovichi - Gomel - 0: 2;
7. 7.Dynamo (Brest) – Dnepr (Mogilev) – 4:2;
8. 8.Vitebsk — Torpedo-BELAZ (Zhodino) — 6: 0.

The tournament table looks like this:

Teams

AND

IN

N

PP

M

OH

1.

Isloch (Minsk district)

22

13

6

3

37-18

45

2.

ML Vitebsk

21

12

8

1st

42-17

44

3.

Dynamo (Minsk)

21

13

4

4

37-16

43

4.

Dynamo (Brest)

23

12

4

7

38-23

40

5.

Gomel

23

11

6

6

33-18

39

6.

Neman (Grodno)

22

11

4

7

26-20

37

7.

Vitebsk

23

10

6

7

28-21

36

8.

Minsk

23

10

4

9

30-28

34

9.

Torpedo-BELAZ (Jodino)

22

7

6

9

28-29

27

10.

Slavia (Mozyr)

22

6

7

9

23-26

25

11.

Baranovichi

23

6

7

10

24-38

25

12.

Arsenal (Dzerzhinsk)

23

5

8

10

24-41

23

13.

Belshina (Bobruisk)

22

5

6

11

22.36

21

14.

BATE (Borisov)

22

3

9

10

16-27

18

15.

Dnipro (Mogilev)

23

2

10

11

20-36

16

16.

Naftan (Novopolotsk)

23

3

5

15

20-54

14

Matches of the 24th round will be held on October 9-11 (this is due to a pause caused by the matches of national teams in the Nations League). The pairs of rivals are as follows:

1. 1.October 9 Arsenal – Dynamo (Brest);
2. 2.October 10 "Minsk" - "Torpedo-BELAZ", "Naftan" - "Belshina", BATE - "Slavia", "Neman" - "Baranovichi";
3. 3.October 11 "Vitebsk" - "Isloch", "Gomel" - "ML Vitebsk", "Dnepr" - "Dynamo" (Minsk).

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