the Ball rolls still in Belarus, and it has helped the best superliga to sell the tv rights.
More than ever seen in these days belarusian top football.
For while all the football in most of the world is put on pause, was the best number in Belarus recently put in the time.
It has got a tv-companies in miscellaneous fodboldhungrende countries to look towards the Vysheyshaya Liga, as the series is called.
Thus, the Belarusian football federation recently sold the rights to show matches from the league on tv in ten different countries, including Russia, Israel and India.
It writes Reuters.
– It is an unprecedented situation, says Alexander Aleinik, spokesman for the fodboldforbundet.
It attracted a lot of attention, as the belarusian league last week was kicked-off. The country is in general very easy on the outbreak of coronavirus, which 94 belarusians so far is found to be contaminated with.
– Why should we not play? We have a state of emergency in the country? This is not a serious situation, and therefore we have decided to start the league as planned, said the president of The Belarusian Football federation, Vladimir Bazanov, in the last week.
President Alexander Lukashenko has been in power in the country since 1994, has repeatedly downplayed the seriousness of the situation.
– It is better to die standing than live on his knees, he said recently in connection with a (ice) skating game, he even participated in.
– There is no virus here (in the hall, red.). I can’t see it.
Bate Borisov is with his frequent participations in the Europa League and the Champions League for many probably the most well-known teams from the belarusian league, which does not get much attention outside of its borders.
In 2010, beating FC Copenhagen, Bate Borisov out, on his way to the Champions League group stage.
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