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Belarus football kicks on amidst coronavirus lock down in Europe

Football stadia across the world are restricted zones as coronavirus pandemic works the world to a standstill–but in Belarus, it’s game on.

On a continent in which the English, Spanish, Italian and German leagues are the dominant headliners, Belarus football hardly catches attention.

However, this weekend, Belarus was the arguably the only place on earth where the global leather was kicked around much to a furore and a surprise.

On Saturday, there were six top-flight games in the eastern European country including the derby between FC Minsk and Dinamo Minsk watched by a capacity 3,000 crowd in Belarus’ capital, the BBC reported.

“It so happened that this derby was practically the only official football match on earth,” read Dinamo’s match report after their 3-2 defeat.

Belarus is not without coronavirus cases. As of Saturday, the country had 100 cases but no deaths among its 9.5 million population.

Although the World Health Organisation has shot down claims that alcohol is an antidote for the deadly coronavirus, the President of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko, suggested Belarusians drink Vodka to combat the disease on a continent where most European countries are quarantining their citizens and shutting borders.

Belarus Football Federation spokesman Aleksandr Aleinik said precautions were being taken to allow games to go ahead.

FC Minsk fans

“We’ve taken all the measures recommended by the Sports Ministry. All those who are in contact with fans are supplied with gloves,” he added.

The decision to carry on has helped the Belarus Football Federation secure broadcasting deals with sports networks in 10 countries, including Russia, Israel and India, where fans have been left with nothing to watch.

Aleinik called it an “unprecedented situation”.

Dinamo Minsk, seven-time Premier League winners, had a player sent off in the 58th minute as they lost to neighbours FC Minsk, who lead the table two games into the 2020 season.

Alexander Strok, a Dinamo Minsk spokesman, hopes the international attention will help the players “get more responsible” after two straight defeats.

Fans around the world have been posting messages about football in Belarus on social media with Starboard Wunmi tweeting: “You know you’re obsessed with football when you’re checking out the recent form of Slutsk and Dinamo Brest before their games kick off in the Belarus Premier League.”

David Watson added, “By the end of this, everyone will have a team they support in Belarus,” the BBC reported.

 

 

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