Stange seeks six-point return for Belarus
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
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Coach Bernd Stange insisted "only victories over Luxembourg and Albania will be good enough for us" as he named his squad for his side's next two UEFA EURO 2012 qualifers.
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Bernd Stange has named a largely unchanged Belarus squad for the upcoming UEFA EURO 2012 games against Luxembourg and Albania after making an unexpectedly bright start in Group D.
FC BATE Borisov defender Maksim Bordachev misses out while midfieder Timofei Kalachev returns following a long absence with a broken fibula and torn ankle ligaments. Stange said: "We have made a good start to qualifying. If you'd offered me four points from the matches against France [1-0] and Romania [0-0] before qualifying I would have taken them. However we have to build on our success. That is why only victories over Luxembourg and Albania will be good enough."
Belarus squad
Goalkeepers: Yuri Zhevnov (FC Zenit St. Petersburg), Anton Amelchenko (FC Rostov), Sergei Veremko (FC BATE Borisov).
Defenders: Igor Shitov (FC BATE Borisov), Sergei Sosnovski (FC BATE Borisov), Aleksandr Yurevich (FC BATE Borisov), Sergei Omelyanchuk (FC Terek Grozny), Aleksandr Martynovich (FC Krasnodar), Dmitri Molosh (FC Sibir Novosibirsk), Eduard Zhevnerov (FC Dnepr Mogilev).
Midfielders: Yan Tigorev (FC Metalurh Zaporizhya), Aleksandr Kulchiy (FC Rostov), Sergei Krivets (KKS Lech Poznań), Sergei Kislyak (FC Dinamo Minsk), Anton Putilo (SC Freiburg), Aleksandr Hleb (Birmingham City FC), Timofei Kalachev (FC Rostov).
Forwards: Vitali Rodionov (FC BATE Borisov), Sergei Kornilenko (FC Rubin Kazan), Vyacheslav Hleb (Shenzhen Ruby FC), Vitali Kutuzov (AS Bari).
