Belarus round-up: Neman bounce back

FC Neman Grodno bounced back from their 1-0 defeat in the opening game of the Belarussian first division season today to record a narrow 1-0 victory over FC Molodechno 2000, who came into the game on the back of an opening day victory.

Solitary strike
A 76th-minute strike by Neman Grodno's Dmitriy Dolya was enough to separate the sides after 90 minutes.

100-per cent record
Torpedo-MAZ Minsk came away with the points and made it two wins out of two this season, with a 2-0 victory over FC Slavia Mozyr. A goal from Ivan Galukhin after 21 minutes set Torpedo on the road to victory and they were quick to kill off the game when Vladislav Bezborodov doubled the advantage 13 minutes later.

Easy win
FC Dinamo Brest produced the performance of the day as they made it two consecutive defeats for FC Gomel with a 3-0 home victory. The home side got off to a flyer with a Fedor Lukashenko goal on three minutes and stamped their authority on the match after 22 minutes, when Andrey Morozov doubled the tally. Andrei Nazarov completed the scoring.

Belshina win
FC Belshina Bobruisk picked up their first points of the season with a tight 2-1 win over visitors FC Dinamo Minsk, with Valeriy Stripeikis and Vladimir Ostrikov doing the damage for Belshina, before Vitaliy Volodenkov hit Minsk's consolation.

Other fixtures
FC BATE Borisov's Artem Kontsevoy and Vadim Skripchenko were on target as they saw off Shakhtior Soligorsk 2-0. Lokomotiv-96 Vitebsk remain at the foot of the table after crashing 1-0 at home to FC Torpedo Zhodino, who had Artur Saakyan to thank for their goal. FC Zvezda-VA-BGU Minsk held league leaders FC Dnepr-Transmash Mogilev to a 0-0 draw to claim their first points of the season.