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Features of the struggle for leadership. What surprised the 21st round of the national championship on football

In the next round of BETERA - the Higher League of the championship of Belarus, teams from the top-3 could not win, Minsk ...

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Features of the struggle for leadership. What surprised the 21st round of the national championship on football

In the next round of BETERA - the Higher League of the championship of Belarus, teams from the top-3 could not win, Minsk interrupted the unwinnable series, and BATE again went down. The correspondent of the Minsk-Novosti agency sums up the results.

The attention of fans was riveted to the central match of the tour - "ML Vitebsk" hosted Dynamo Minsk. The beginning gave hope that the game will be rich in moments and possibly goals. Mistake Minsk Alexei Zhechko from a posh position in the 13th minute was the brightest moment of the whole meeting. Then there were promising approaches from both sides, but the ball was never in the net.

Two other episodes of the match attracted more attention. At the end of the first half there was a fight. Vladislav Kalinin (Dynamo) and Alexander Massarovich (ML Vitebsk) met. It seems that the player of the Northerners spat at Fawaz Abdullahi, and Kalinin stood up for him. The referee awarded both guys yellow cards.

The second incident caused even more resonance. Chief Justice Viktor Shimusik appeared to miss the Dynamo violation in his own penalty area when bookmakers striker Basseku Diabate was shot down. Repeats from different angles confirm foul. But the referee's whistle was silent.

- Without goals, there will be no victory, but we are not alone on the field. There is a rival who prevents us from doing this. Sometimes it works well, sometimes not very well. We scored five in the last game and zero in this one. Of course, I would like us all to relate to the created moments a little more collected, – summed up the results of the meeting, the head coach of “Dynamo” Alexander Shagoiko.

dinamo mn ml vitebsk 1
dinamo mn ml vitebsk 1

Isoch was a clear favorite in the meeting with Arsenal, who had previously lost 6 matches in a row. The club from Minsk district started for health, having scored a quick goal. However, then the team slowed down. The coaching staff responded by making two substitutions at half-time. “Isoch” increased the pressure, but the ball stubbornly did not go into the goal. But Arsenal used their moment - Ilya Vasin brought a draw (1: 1).

- Before the goal was missed in the 60th minute, what was happening on the field was not entirely satisfactory. They didn’t play as dynamically as they wanted. They didn’t make the decisions they wanted. We didn't miss it from the deadliest position. After that, both emotions appeared, and the desire to win is more correct than it was in the interval from the 10th to the 60th minute. But we failed to score another goal, admitted the mentor of Islochi Dmitry Komarovsky.

arsenal isloch 1
arsenal isloch 1

Footballers “Minsk” interrupted the streak of failure – three defeats in a row. Although the victory over the main outsider “Naftan” is not easy to call. In the first half, rivals exchanged sharp attacks. The Minskers were able to score (the goal is on the account of Matar Dieye). At 1-0, the newcomers had a cool opportunity to restore parity. But the team captain Ignat Pranovich did not realize the penalty - he hit the crossbar. In the end, the striker of Minsk Yegor Zubovich twice upset the goalkeeper vizavi Denis Sadovsky. It's 3-0.

According to Minsk head coach Artem Chelyadinsky, the unscored penalty was a turning point. If there was a goal, the opponent would have confidence. It is not known how it would have ended, but Minsk did not miss a penalty and brought the game to victory.

naftan minsk
naftan minsk

"Belshina" in the first half against "Neman" got the advantage in numbers. The rivals were removed by Sheriff Gimeau. But within seven minutes the team from Grodno scored twice. Everything went to the confident victory of the favorite. However, by the end of the meeting, the strength of the “Neman” began to dry up. And already "Belshina" in seven minutes organized a comeback (2: 2). And the second ball in his gate rolled the defender of the Grodno club - Andrei Vasiliev.

- We played in the majority, but we played a little wrong. How to act only at 0: 2, 15 minutes before the end. And before that, they got stuck in their half of the field, lost balls, organized counterattacks on their goal, said the coach of Belshina Alexander Volodko.

neman belshina
neman belshina

Brest “Dynamo” and “Gomel” thanks to victories continue to chase teams from the top 3. But Vitebsk unexpectedly tripped over Slavia (0: 3), which this season does not work out. BATE is again in the transition zone, and the next mistake could move the most titled club in Belarus in the relegation zone. The scorer race continues to be headed by Gomel striker Timofey Simanenka. In his asset - 10 accurate strikes. Evgeny Yudchits from Isoch has nine goals, one less than Brest Dynamov Egor Kortsov.

timofej simanenka
timofej simanenka

Results of the 21st round matches:

“Slavia” (Mozyr) – “Vitebsk” – 3: 0;

"Torpedo-BelAZ" (Zhodino) - "Gomel" - 1: 2;

“Belshina” (Bobruisk) – “Neman” (Grodno) – 2:2;

“Naftan” (Novopolotsk) – “Minsk” – 0: 3;

"Baranovichi" - "Dnepr" (Mogilev) - 2: 1;

“ML Vitebsk” – “Dynamo” (Minsk) – 0: 0;

“Isloch” (Minsk district) – “Arsenal” (Dzerzhinsk) – 1: 1;

Dynamo (Brest) - BATE (Borisov) - 1: 0.

The tournament table is as follows:

Teams

AND

IN

N

PP

M

OH

1.

"Isoch" (Minsk district)

20

12

6

2

35-15

42

2.

"ML Vitebsk"

19

11

7

1st

36-15

40

3.

Dynamo (Minsk)

19

12

4

3

35-15

40

4.

Gomel

21

10

6

5

30-16

36

5.

"Dynamo" (Brest)

21

10

4

7

33- 21

34

6.

"Vitebsk"

21

9

5

7

21-20

32

7.

"Neman" (Grodno)

20

9

4

7

23- 19

31

8.

"Minsk"

21

9

4

8

29-26

31

9.

Torpedo-BelAZ (Jodino)

20

7

6

7

28-22

27

10.

"Slavia" (Mozyr)

20

6

7

7

23-24

25

11.

"Baranovichi."

21

6

6

9

24-36

24

12.

Arsenal (Dzerzhinsk)

21

5

7

9

23-36

22

13.

"Belshina" (Bobruisk)

20

4

5

11

19-35

17

14.

BATE (Borisov)

20

3

8

9

14-23

17

15.

"Dnepr" (Mogilev)

21

2

9

10

17- 31

15

16.

Naftan (Novopolotsk)

21

2

4

15

17-52

10

Matches of the 22nd round are scheduled from 11 to 13 September. The pairs of rivals are as follows:

11:09. "Minsk" - "Slavia";

12:09. Arsenal – Baranovichi, Vitebsk – Belshina, Neman – Torpedo-BelAZ;

13.09. "Isloch" - "Gomel", "Dnepr" - "ML Vitebsk", BATE - "Naftan", "Dynamo" (Minsk) - "Dynamo" (Brest).

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