Three Belarus national team players denied visas ahead of match in Northern Ireland
Three players from the Belarusian national team have been denied visas by the British authorities to travel to Northern Ireland.
It is with the team of this country that the Belarusians are to compete in Belfast on November 15 (Friday) as part of the 5th round of the group stage of the League of Nations.
According to the TASS agency, visas were not issued to Vitaly Lisakovich (plays for Kaliningrad's Baltika), Valery Bocherov (Ufa), and Pavel Savitsky (Neman, Grodno).
I will work for three days and then I will go with the guys, who also do not have a visa, to Bulgaria, we will root for the team, Lisakovich commented on the event.
According to him, the tournament situation is such that Belarus needs to score 6 points in matches with its two closest rivals.
All the guys were given visas, except for the three of us, it happens,” the athlete noted.
As for the Bulgaria he mentioned, the Belarusians will meet the Bulgarians in Sofia (November 18) after the match with Northern Ireland.
Before the final matches in Group 3 of League C, the Belarusian team is in 2nd place with 6 points.
And in first place is Northern Ireland, which has 7 points. Third is the Bulgarian team with 5 points.
That is, as we can see, the Belarusians have every chance to take first place and play in the more prestigious League B in the next season of the competition.
Well, as for C, Luxembourg is currently in last place, with 2 points.
