NATIONAL TEAMS
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Our national teams played friendly matches during the official international pause.
The main national team played two friendly matches in preparation for the UEFA European Championship qualification 2024. In the first match, the Belarusians minimally outplayed the Syrian national team - the only goal was scored on the 80th minute of the match. Dzianis Hrachykha came out in the starting lineup and played 68 minutes, Maksim Shvetsov remained on the bench, Ivan Bakhar was out of the list for the match due to health reasons.
The next match the team of Heorhi Kandratsieu played with Oman and lost to the opponent conceding twice in the second half. Maksim Shvetsou and Dzianis Hrachykha played the whole match, Ivan Bakhar remained on the bench.
Forward Dusan Bakic, meanwhile, made his debut for the National Team of Montenegro! The forward took part in two friendly matches of the team, against the national teams of Slovakia and Slovenia. The Montenegrins played a draw with the Slovak team (2:2), in the match against Slovenia they lost with a minimum score of 0:1. In the first match, Dusan appeared in the 56th minute, in the second - at the beginning of the second half. Our congratulations to the forward!
The youth national team of Belarus U-21 held two control matches with the Iranian team - Belarusians won both matches. In the first match, the team of Siarhei Yasinski scored three unanswered goals against. Uladzislau Kalinin played from the first minutes of the match, Mikita Dzemchanka and Uladzislau Lozhkin came off the bench in the 62nd minute. By the way, it was Lozhkin who scored the third goal in the match.
The second match ended with the victory of our team with a minimum score of 1:0. Kalinin played the whole match, Lozhkin was substituted in the 75th minute of the match. Mikita Dzemchenka appeared on the field at the beginning of the second half.
Youth team U-19 last week played against the team of Russia U-18. The result of the friendly match is 4:2 in favor of the Belarusian team. Uladzislau Krasouski was in the starting lineup and was substituted in the 85th minute.
And then the Belarusian U-18 team played against the Russian U-18 team. In the match, the victory remained with the Russians, the team of Aliaksander Yurevich lost with a score of 1:2. Zakhar Kholadau, Uladzislau Krolik, Matsvei Dubatouka (starting), as well as Ivan Shimakovich (at the beginning of the second half) and Trafim Melnichenko (from the 57th minute) took part in the match.