In the championship of Belarus on football closed the program of the 16th round, which was held in the summer

You will not notice this on the go, but statistics will definitely remind you: the 16th round was the most productive in the national championship - 29 goals were scored (16 - hosts, 13 - guests), the average performance - 3.63 goals per game. We would be glad that the performance on the Belarusian football fields today is matched by the goal volleys of the Champions League (where in the second round of the general stage a new record of performance in the history of the tournament was just set - in 18 meetings the teams scored 78 times, which is 4.33 goals per match), but it is frankly hindered by the excessive stretching of the distance of the 16th round. It began on July 31 and ended on October 15.

Of course, this is the “guilty” of the employment of Belarusian clubs in European competitions. This is because of her, “ML Vitebsk”, Minsk “Dynamo” and BATE have paid debts to the calendar (and even not all) only now. They did it, by the way, differently. Vitebsk and Minsk easily won their matches - respectively, Zhodino "Torpedo-BELAZ" (2: 0) and Mozyr "Slavia" (3: 1), but Borisov lost to Grodno "Neman" (0: 2) and now clearly do not mind to ask for a loan from fortune to keep a place in the top league.

- Unfortunately, today we did not succeed. It was a lot in the first half of the marriage. Uncertainly we started and missed. Then in the second half we were more on the ball, worked well. We played as our opponent allowed us. We try, of course, not to pay attention to criticism, to move towards our goal, but you can see for yourself what a fierce struggle is going on, what is at the top and what is at the bottom, said BATE head coach Vitaly Rogozhkin.

His team after 24 matches 21 points scored, this is the 13th place in the standings. The same goes for the 14th position “Belshina”, but she played for the match less. 23 points at Arsenal, 17 at Naftan, 16 at Dnipro, to visit which Borisov will go on Sunday. And in Mogilev there will definitely be a match of life.

No less intriguing game will be held tomorrow in Vitebsk. On a visit to “ML” goes “Neman”, whose winning step (7 wins and 1 draw in the last 8 games) can make even the champion of the country begin to doubt himself. The new head coach of Vitebsk residents, Juan Diaz, does not feel a threat yet ("It would be difficult to join the process if there were no talented players, if there was no choice of players). And since we have a resource, there is someone to choose from, there is a way to organize the process, it greatly facilitated my work, but we understand that the Spaniard has not yet got acquainted with Belarusian football in general, nor with the charismatic head coach of Neman Igor Kovalevich in particular.

“I don’t want to talk at all about who comes where. And in general, I do not have much desire to talk about ML, and this is the recognition of the head coach of Dynamo Minsk Alexander Shagoiko. His team on Monday will face a rivalry with Arsenal - seemingly easy, but, in fact, not easy. Why? Shagoiko himself admits: By and large, we compete with ourselves: not good enough to pay attention to someone. We must first learn to achieve results in any situation. But for some reason, we are starting to talk about ML. I am not interested in what is going on with them.”.

The specialist, of course, is cunning. He follows both Señor Juan and the standings. "ML" in it, by the way, in first place - 50 points after 23 games. Dynamo have one point less at the same distance, Isochi, which recently adored at the top, has 46 points after 23 games. Neman and Brest Dynamo have 43 points scored in 24 matches. Apparently, in many ways determining the final places of candidates for the pedestal will be scheduled for October 28 meeting of “Islochi” and “ML”. Did anyone forget that they were supposed to play in the 17th round?