Head coach of Alexandria Vladimir Sharan commented on a draw in the first match of the playoff round of the European League with BATE (1: 1).

"The game can be divided into unequal periods. In the beginning, we clearly stood out under the press of the stands. The situation in the stadium, of course, was great, we do not have much experience playing in this situation. Not surprisingly, with the number of mistakes we missed the goal. But the return capture of the players calmed down, the quality of football in our performance has increased, "- quotes coach Alexandria Pressball. By.

"BATE gave us to play, especially on the flanks. And especially on the left flank of our attack. True, in the second half of the match we sat low, but I did not give such an installation to the guys. Most likely, it was an irrepressible desire to keep the right account against the background of strong physical fatigue. Many players began to show muscle cramps. From BATE expected more. Especially after studying his home game against Slavia. But we can not say that we are such a strong club that we did not give BATE to play. This was more dependent on Borisov ".

The return game will take place on August 24 at Alexandria's home arena of Nick Stadium.

See the match video review BATE - Alexandria:.