Grodno's Neman footballers thrashed Novopolotsk's Naftan

February 5, Minsk / Igor Khadasevich – BELTA /. Top league football clubs continue their preparations for the new season. In addition to training sessions, teams are also playing friendly matches, reports a BELTA correspondent. The Belarusian Cup holder, Naftan Novopolotsk, played against Neman Grodno during their training camp in Grodno. On the snow-covered artificial pitch, the hosts proved to be clearly superior, winning with a large score of 3-0. It should be noted that this is already the second victory for Neman in the current off-season – on January 21, Oleg Radushko's team defeated MTZ-RIPO Minsk 1-0 at the Minsk Football Manege. The Grodno footballers will also play their next friendly match under the roof of the manege – on February 17, they will face the Belarusian championship silver medalist, Dinamo Minsk. Meanwhile, Dinamo is preparing for the season in Cyprus. In their first control match, Sergei Gurenko's team drew with the Serbian club Jagodina – 2-2. In this game, our team was losing 0-2 after the first half, and after the break, Stanislav Dragun scored two accurate goals, leveling the score. The next opponent for the Minsk team on February 6 will be another representative of the Serbian championship, Rad Belgrade. On the same day, the second squad of Dinamo will play against the Czech club Pribram. The Belarusian champions, BATE Borisov footballers, will play a match for 3rd place at the Sochi Soccer Cup tournament in Sochi today. The opponents of the Borisov team will be Zhemchuzhina Sochi. The day before, both teams lost their semi-final matches in penalty shootouts. The Belarusians lost to Austria Vienna, and the tournament hosts were weaker than Viktoria Plzen from the Czech Republic. After the completion of these competitions, BATE will go to a training camp in Turkey. -0-