CL 2003-2004 BATE Borisov v Bohs

[pete]

First round opponents for Bohs from selection below

11 - FC BATE Borisov (BEL)
12 - Sliema Wanderers FC (MLT)
13 - Barry Town AFC (WAL)
14 - FC Pyunik (ARM)
15 - KF Tirana (ALB)
16 - FC Flora (EST)
17 - Glentoran FC (NIR)
18 - CS Grevenmacher (LUX)
19 - HB Tórshavn (FAR)
20 - FC Irtysh Pavlodar (KAZ)

Bohs been drawn BATE Borisov with first leg in Belarus

Looks like they the highest ranked of the unseeded teams.

If they through Bohs play Rosenborg in the 2nd round with first leg at home

Norwegians also 4th highest ranked of the 2nd round seeds!

[pete]

Belarus latest table

Jun 18, 2003 Total

1. Torpedo-SKA 9 6 3 0 16 - 4 21
2. Gomel 9 6 3 0 10 - 0 21
3. Shakhter 9 5 2 2 24 - 6 17
4. BATE 10 4 5 1 21 - 8 17
5. Dinamo_Mn 9 5 1 3 20 - 8 16
6. Torpedo_Zh 9 4 3 2 13 - 7 15
7. Naftan 9 4 2 3 13 - 12 14
8. Neman 9 3 3 3 8 - 10 12
9. Dinamo_Br 9 3 2 4 11 - 17 11
10. Lokomotiv_Mn 9 2 4 3 8 - 10 10
11. Belshina 9 2 3 4 11 - 13 9
12. Dnepr-Transmash 9 1 5 3 6 - 9 8
13. Darida-TDZh 9 2 2 5 11 - 15 8
14. Molodechno 10 1 3 6 5 - 19 6
15. Slavia 9 1 3 5 5 - 23 6
16. Zvezda 9 1 2 6 4 - 25 5

No summer football advantage for Bohs.

[gspain]

This team hammered 1860 Munich last season in the Inter Toto and also beat Dynamo Tbilisi 4-0.

Terrible draw for Bohs.

Fingers crossed but it is not looking good.

[pete]

With Bohs poor form & drawing opposition that also playing in a summer league their chances of making much progress are very slim.

Whatever about getting to the 2nd round Bohs have more or less no chance of getting through Rosenborg who seem to have recaptured the form of a few years ago & are already something like 10 points clear in the norwegian league & unbeaten.

[tiktok]

it's a shame that the summer football advanrage didn't kick in. a really tough draw for da boez, distant away leg (and not a glamour home tie) to top it off.

still and all, hope to see you play rosenborg, good luck!

[pete]

Did Omagh or Banger City play a Belarussian team in the inter toto during the weekend? Thought i heard Minsk mentioned somewhere...

[pete]

Omagh Town only lost 1-0 in Belarus to Shakhter who came third in their league last year, only 5 points behind BATE. They've alos beaten Bohs opposition 3-1 already this season.

Not so difficult afterall?

[d13bohs]

Its still difficult but definitely winnable, I reckon we'll get a 1-1 draw over there and beat them 2-1 or 3-1 (still don't trust shay kelly ) at Dalymount

[liamon]

Originally posted by pete


Not so difficult afterall?

These comparisons are always a bit dodgy.

That aside, there's still the minor issue of Rosenborg to contend with. Wouldn't be too confident of any Eircom team doing well against them.

Still, good luck to Bohs. Hope you can make us proud of our league.

[tiktok]

Originally posted by liamon
That aside, there's still the minor issue of Rosenborg to contend with.

let's not get carried away, they've got two legs against (norman) bates to contend with first.

[Shelsman]

Yes, and add the fact that they won 7-0 in their league last weekend ( with Valeri Stripeikis scoring a hat trick ) then you can safely say that they are a team on form!

Come on the Bohs !

[Shelsman]

They are fifth in their league at the moment. Have a look:

http://www.uefa.com/FootballCentral/...Standings.html