(Gabrielle Ramos receiving an award prior to Torpedo BelAZ game at Slavia after he was voted as best player in the division for April by Media/TV experts)
Saturday saw two more matches in Round Eight take place, and it began with Slavia hosting Torpedo BelAZ:-
Slavia 0 Torpedo BelAZ 0
It was not a classic it has to be said as neither side could muster up a goal in this one. The visitors had begun the season not to badly, with four wins from seven games, and they knew a win here would propel then to the summit of the division ahead of Sunday’s matchups. The hosts themselves knew they could climb into fifth spot with a win after a mixed start to their campaign. The hosts probably edged the opening forty-five minutes but neither keeper had much to do as the half ended goalless, and after a lively start to the second period it soon became a defensive show once again as both sides attacking prowess was blunt today it has to be said. Slavia had two brilliant chances in the second period but failed to take either, whilst Gabrielle Ramos, selected as the best player in the BPL for April by media and TV experts, had one of his lesser performances here, although he did miss a decent chance in the second period and then had a penalty appeal turned down later in the half. Ultimately though it finished goalless and both sides picked up a point, sending Slavia into eighth and Torpedo into second on goal difference ahead of Sunday’s games.
So after that tough watch we were hoping for goals in the second game of the day, but it saw Neman Grodno hosting Ruh Brest, and with only ten goals between them in the first seven rounds of the competition, goals looked unlikely, however we were all very wrong:-
Neman Grodno 2 Ruh Brest 4
Goals from Vasilyev, Grechikho, a Sedko penalty and Andronic saw visitors Ruh Brest more than double their goals tally for the season after netting four against Neman Grodno. The visitors came into this game having only scored three and conceded three in their seven games so far, whilst Neman had only netted seven themselves in that time, so goals were not expected in this one. But, after only four minutes we had one, as a ball laid back to Vasilyev saw him fire a first time effort in off the post, and then ten minutes later it was two as Grechikho beat the offside trap to punish a static hosts defence to round the keeper and slot home. And ten minutes into the second period the visitors were awarded a very soft penalty it must be said, and Neman were complaining that there had been a foul in the build too, so they were far from happy. Nethertheless Sedko stepped up to dispatch the penalty and the game looked as good as over, and the visitors had doubled their season’s goal tally in an hour!!! Fair play to the hosts though as they didn’t throw in the towel and pulled one back in the 68th minute in spectacular style after Kadymyan fired a terrific effort in off the post, and briefly believed a comeback was on. With five minutes to go one of Ruh Brest’s goal scorers Vasilyev was harshly sent off after being adjudged to have kicked the ball away and received a second yellow, but this ultimately didn’t affect the result and in the 90th minute saw Andronic smash home a brilliant effort into the top corner to seal the deal. There was still time for Neman to add another for themselves two minutes into stoppage time when Kadymyan grabbed his second of the game after following in to nod home a rebound after the keeper had made a save initially, but it was too little too late for the home side. A very entertaining game and a six-goal thriller, not what anyone was expecting!!! It sees Ruh Brest climb up to sixth ahead of Sunday’s games, whilst for Neman they remain third bottom and five points above the relegation zone ahead of tomorrow’s matchups.
So a goalless draw followed by a six-goal thriller, chalk and cheese with today’s games, and Round Eight comes to a head tomorrow with four games, these are listed below:-
Sunday 10th May
Isloch Vs Belshina (12pm)
Vitebsk Vs Shakhtyor (2pm)
Smolevichy-STI Vs BATE (4pm)
Dinamo Brest Vs Dinamo Minsk (6pm)
Here is the table after today’s games: -
Well that’s all for now, ill be back with Sunday’s blog tomorrow evening, and remember, if you want to watch any of these games the link is https://www.youtube.com/user/abffvideo where you can find the live games, so go check it out.
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