BATE footballers lost their first points in the Belarusian championship matches

May 18, Minsk /Igor Khadasevich – BELTA/. BATE Borisov footballers have suffered their first loss of points in the Belarusian Championship, a BELTA correspondent reports. In their home match of the 8th round, the league leaders unexpectedly drew with Granit Mikashevichi – 1:1. In this game, the Borisov team took the lead in the 1st minute – Maksim Skavysh scored. However, the guests offered stubborn resistance to the favorites, and in the 71st minute, Aleksandr Buloychik scored an equalizer. In the previous seven games, Viktor Goncharenko's team had won seven victories. Two more matches ended in a draw. Smorgon footballers drew at home with Shakhtyor Soligorsk – 2:2 (goals scored by Mikhail Litvinchuk, 62nd, Dzmitry Lebedzeu, 72nd; Sergey Balanovich, 2nd, Roman Kirenkin, 88th), and the match between Dnepr Mogilev and Torpedo Zhodino ended goalless – 0:0. Results of other matches of the 8th round: Neman Grodno – Vitebsk – 1:0 (Ivan Denisevich, 43rd), Dinamo Minsk – Naftan Novopolotsk – 2:0 (Aleksandr Gavryushko, 18th, 60th), Minsk – MTZ-RIPO Minsk – 1:2 (Sergey Koshel, 87th; Vytautas Lukša, 4th, Givi Kvaratskhelia, 48th), Dinamo Brest – Gomel – 3:1 (Vadim Demidovich, 57th, Dzmitry Mozolevsky, 85th, Roman Vasilyuk, 90th; Kalijuri Maikon, 73rd). The standings in the leading group are as follows: BATE – 22 points, Dinamo Minsk and Dinamo Brest – 14 each, Naftan, Dnepr, Neman – 13 each. Sergey Krivets (BATE) leads the scorers' race with 7 goals. Matches of the next round will take place on Saturday, May 23. -0-