Vitebsk and BATE footballers lead the Belarusian championship after four rounds

April 19, Minsk /Igor Khadasevich - BELTA/. After the matches of the fourth round, "Vitebsk" and BATE are leading in the Belarusian Football Championship. Moreover, both teams drew in their respective matches, reports BELTA correspondent. In Soligorsk, "Vitebsk" players drew with "Shakhter" - 1:1. The hosts opened the scoring in the 77th minute when Ivan Denisyuk converted a penalty. The Vitebsk team managed to avoid defeat just before the final whistle, with Ruslan Ussov restoring parity in added time. BATE failed to break through the defense of Grodno's "Neman" at home, resulting in a 0:0 draw. A match in Minsk between Dinamo and Naftan from Novopolotsk ended with the same score. The largest score, 3:0, was recorded in Mogilev, where local "Dnepr" crushed the guests from Minsk's "Partizan". Andrey Lyasyuk scored two goals (9th min., penalty, 75th min.), and Vladimir Yurchenko scored the third goal (79th min.). This is the fourth consecutive defeat for the Minsk team in the current championship. In Brest, Dinamo players defeated "Minsk" with a score of 2:1. Roman Vasilyuk (78th min.) and Dmitry Mozolevsky (84th min.) scored for the hosts, while Andrey Razin (89th min.) scored for the guests. Bobruisk's "Belshina" celebrated their second consecutive victory in the championship, beating Zhodino's "Torpedo" away - 2:1. Nikita Fursin (45th min.) and Igor Lisitsa (82nd min.) scored for the winners, and Artur Levitsky (55th min.) scored for the losers. League standings after four rounds: "Vitebsk", BATE - 8 points each, "Naftan", "Minsk", "Dinamo" (Brest), "Dinamo" (Minsk) - 7 points each, "Belshina", "Shakhter" - 6 points, "Dnepr" - 4 points, "Neman" - 3 points, "Torpedo" - 1 point, "Partizan" - 0 points. BATE players have not conceded any goals yet, while "Neman" and "Partizan" have not scored any goals so far. Mogilev's Andrey Lyasyuk leads the scorers' list with 3 goals. The matches of the next round will take place on Saturday, April 24. -0-