Polesie Cup. Day 2. Belarus lost chances to win Polesie Cup

12 Nov 2011 | Irina Goroshko

The Belarus national team lost to Russia-2, Denmark beat Slovenia in the second day of Polesie Cup in Gomel (Belarus).

The Belarus fans were not aggressive against Russian coach Andrei Nazarov. Last week he came to Minsk with Vityaz and was suspended for 2 games after an attack of Dinamo-Minsk fans.
Belarus lost the third period of the match against Russia-2 – 0:4 and lost the game 1:4.

The only goal for the Belarus team was made by Sergei Drozd who was lucky in a power play 5x3 in the first period. Belarus dominated in shots in the first period – 14:8 and was really stronger.

Both teams were good in the second period but Russia-2 succeeded in the third period.

Pestushko, Gluhov, Glinkin and Panarin scored in the third period. Russia-2 outshot Belarus too – 17-9 in the third period and 37-31 of the whole match. Belarusian players had 28 penalty minutes, Russia-2 – 16.

Video - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPMl9wmP_JA

Press-conference:
Igor Nikitin (Russia-2): "We had a lot of problems with the Belarus team. The first two periods were the most difficult. We did not have many opportunities to score that time. And we are pleased with the third period of the game".
Kari Heikkila (Belarus): "We took a big step forward after the match with Slovenia yesterday. We played as a team today – and it is really good. I like the first and the second period most"

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Denmark beat Slovenia 3:0 in the other match of the second day of the tournament. Julian Jakobsen, Morten Poulsen and Jesper Jensen scored for Denmark.
On 12th November Russia will play Slovenia for the first place of Polesie Cup (15.00 local time) and Belarus plays Denmark for the third place of the Cup (19.00 local time).