yardımcı hakemler: aurel onita (rou), sebastian gheorghe (rou)
4. hakem: radu marian petrescu (rou)
bate: sergei veremko (gk), dmitri likhtarovich (c), sergei sosnovski, igor shitov, aleksandr yurevich, aleksandr volodko (dk. 78 aleksandr pavlov), sergei krivets, pavel nekhaychik, maksim bordachev (dk. 82 aleksandr alumona), vitali rodionov (dk. 75 maksim skavysh), igor stasevich
yedekler: aleksandr gutor (gk), artem radkov, dmitri baga, hovhannes goharyan
teknik direktör: viktor goncharenko (blr)
ventspils: andrejs pavlovs (gk), vitālijs astafjevs, jurijs Žigajevs (dk. 86 alexandru dedov), saša cilinšek, deniss kačanovs, vīts rimkus (c), aleksejs višņakovs (dk. 46 artis lazdiņš), ivan shpakov (dk. 63 ritvars rugins), grigori chirkin, pāvels mihadjuks, igor Ţîgîrlaş
yedekler: māris eltermanis (gk), igors savčenkovs, jean-paul ndeki, joão martins
teknik direktör: roman grygorchuk (ukr)
goller: (0-1) dk. 14 igor Ţîgîrlaş (1-1) dk. 43 sergei krivets (2-1) dk. 57 sergei krivets
ventspils hold on to oust bate published: wednesday 5 august 2009, 21.45cet bate 2-1 ventspils (agg: 2-2, ventspils win on away goals) igor tigirlas's first-half goal was the difference as the latvian champions squeezed past last term's group-stage participants.
by denis orlov from borisov
latvian titleholders fk ventspils edged past fc bate borisov on away goals despite going down 2-1 in the second leg of their uefa champions league third qualifying tie.
hanging on leading 1-0 from the first leg, ventspils took an early lead through igor tigirlas but were left hanging on when bate hit back through two sergei krivets goals. however, the belarussian champions' hopes of repeating last season's appearance in the group stage disappeared with substitute maksim skavysh's late miss and it is ventspils whose name will go into the hat for friday's uefa champions league play-off round draw.
perfect start the visitors postponed a league meeting with fk tranzits ventspils to ensure they were as fresh as possible for this match and roman grygorchuk's team made the perfect start when tigirlas doubled their aggregate lead after 14 minutes. deniss kačanovs flicked on jurijs Žigajevs' corner to the far post where tigirlas turned the ball in.
rode their luck bate responded by upping the tempo, launching a series of attacks that earned their reward when krivets equalised two minutes before the break from a corner. krivets then put viktor goncharenko's team in front on the night 12 minutes after restart, controlling a long ball from maksim bordachov and beating andrejs pavlovs with a precise shot. the home team could scent aggregate success now but were unable to get that decisive third goal as ventspils, defending deep, rode their luck – not least when skavysh shot wide from a promising position with 14 minutes remaining.
