BATE Borisov and Naftan Novopolotsk footballers will compete for the Belarusian Super Cup

March 8, Minsk / Igor Khadasevich – BELTA /. Today, the football season in Belarus will officially open with the Super Cup match, reports a BELTA correspondent. In the fight for the honorary trophy, Belarusian champion BATE Borisov and Belarusian Cup holder Naftan Novopolotsk will meet on the artificial turf of the Minsk Football Manege. Belarusian sports fans will be able to watch a live broadcast of this match on the ONT TV channel at 3:00 PM. The match will be refereed by a team of referees from Minsk led by Andrey Zhukov, the match inspector is Mikhail Arkhipov from Zhodino. Both rivals prepared for today's game on Turkish football fields. BATE players have not lost in their recent friendlies – they have wins over Russian clubs Tom (Tomsk) and Volga (Nizhny Novgorod) with the same score of 1-0, as well as over Kazakhstan's Atyrau – 2-1. A draw was recorded in the match against Russian Rostov – 1-1. It should be noted that a large group of Viktor Goncharenko's players successfully performed last week as part of the national and youth teams of Belarus in matches against Armenian and Russian footballers. During the off-season, BATE was left by Sergey Krivets and Vitaly Bulyga, and among the newcomers, Brazilian Renan Bressan and well-known Belarusian forward Artem Kontsevoy should be noted. Naftan players under the guidance of Igor Kovalevich played 6 friendly matches in Turkey, winning 4 of them – against Kazakhstan's Kairat – 2-0, Poland's Polonia – 3-0, Uzbekistan's Neftchi – 3-2 and Shurtan – 2-1. In addition, there was a draw in the game with Uzbekistan's Lokomotiv – 1-1 and a defeat from Russia's Krylya Sovetov – 1-3. During the preparation for the new season, the composition of the Novopolotsk team has undergone significant changes. Dmitry Verkhovtsov, Vitaly Volodenkov, Dmitry Komarovsky and Maxim Razumov, among others, moved to other clubs. Among the newcomers are several well-known footballers – Artem Gomelko, Brazilian legionnaire Juvenal and Artem Chelyadinsky. -0-