The Belarusian national football team lost to Croatia in the World Cup qualifiers

August 13, Minsk / Igor Khadasevich - BELTA /. Belarusian national football team lost to Croatia in a qualifying match for the 2010 World Cup, reports BELTA correspondent. At the Dinamo stadium in Minsk on August 12, Bernd Stange's team lost to the guests with a score of 1:3. Ivica Olić scored two goals for the winners (22nd and 83rd minutes) and Eduardo da Silva (69th). Dmitry Verkhovtsov scored for Belarus in the 81st minute. At the post-match press conference, the head coach of the hosts, Bernd Stange, said that his team was weaker than the guests. Croatian footballers demonstrated excellent football and deservedly won. Nevertheless, according to the German specialist, in the next qualifying round match (away to Croatia on September 5), the Belarusian national team will try to take revenge. The coach of the winners, Slaven Bilić, noted that his team showed very good football and deservedly earned three points, which will help in the fight for qualification for the final tournament of the 2010 World Cup. Currently, the standings in qualifying group 6 are as follows: England - 21 points (7 matches; goal difference 26-4), Croatia - 14 (7; 15-7), Ukraine - 11 (6; 9-6), Belarus - 9 (6; 15-10), Kazakhstan - 3 (7; 7-22), Andorra - 0 (7; 2-25). On September 5, Belarus will play Croatia in Zagreb. On the same day, Ukraine will play Andorra. Our team's opponents had unsuccessful friendly matches the day before. The Ukrainian team lost to the Turkish national team at home with a large score of 0:3, and the English played a draw away with the Dutch - 2:2, with the founders of football trailing 0:2 after the first half, but then managed to equalize the situation. -0-