BATE is Champion! (Photo, video)

In the Champions League BATE Borisov sensationally ended the game in a draw with one of the grands of world football, Turin’s Juventus.

BATE had a 2-0 lead in the game. We would like to congratulate BATE players, BATE coach Viktor Goncharenko and the chairman of the club Anatoliy Kapskiy!

All the goals were scored during the first half. Sergei Kryvets put BATE in front in the 17th when he beat Juventus goalkeeper Alex Manninger. Igor Stasevich added a goal in the 23rd. and then Iaquinta scored a goal in the 29th minute. Iaquinta brought Juventus even in first-half injury time when he took another pass from Giovinco and threaded a shot between the legs of BATE goalkeeper Sergei Veremko.

Juventus chairman Giovanni Cobolli Gigli commented the game to sports.ru repiorter:

“The game with BATE exceeded all daring expectations. We were simply lucky to score goals. The first 20 minutes were a hell, and it was not easier later. It is a excellent game,” i Gigli said.

Teams:

BATE (Belarus): 16 Sergei Veremko, 32 Vladimir Rzhevskiy, 3 Sergei Sosnovsky, 55 Aleksandr Yurevich, 24 Vitaly Kazantsev, 2 Dzmitry Likhtarovich, 8 Aliaksandr Valadzko, 10 Sergey Krivets, 13 Pavel Nehaichik, 22 Igor Stasevich, 20 Vitali Rodionov.

Substitutes: 30 Aleksandr Gutor, 5 Vladislav Mirchev, 9 Gennadi Bliznyuk, 11 Maksim Skavysh, 17 Mikhail Sivakou, 18 Anton Sakharov

Juventus (Italy): 13 Alexander Manninger, 33 Nicola Legrottaglie, 29 Paolo De Ceglie, 21 Zdenek Grygera, 3 Giorgio Chiellini, 22 Mohamed Sissoko, 16 Mauro German Camoranesi, 20 Sebastian Giovinco, 11 Pavel Nedved, 10 Alessandro Del Piero, 29 Vincenzo Iaquinta

Substitutes: 12 Antonio Chimenti, 32 Marco Marchionni, 8 Carvalho De Oliveira Amauri,28 Christian Molinaro,7 Hasan Salihamidzic, 19 Claudio Marchisio, 15 Dario Knezevic.

Photo by Anton Matolka, TUT.BY