FC BATE Borisov - Juventus MATCH PRESS KIT Dinamo, Minsk Tuesday 30 September 2008 - 20.45CET Group H - Matchday 2 Contents 1 - Match background 7 - UEFA information 2 - Match facts 8 - Match-by-match lineups 3 - Squad list 9 - Competition facts 4 - Head coach 10 - Team facts 5 - Match officials 11 - Legend 6 - Domestic information This press kit includes information relating to this UEFA Champions League match. For more detailed factual information, and in-depth competition statistics, please refer to the matchweek press kit, which can be downloaded at: http://www.uefa.com/uefa/mediaservices/presskits/index.html Match background After facing Real Madrid CF on their UEFA Champions League debut, FC BATE Borisov now cross swords with another former winner of the competition in Juventus. The Belarussian underdogs will be looking to put their first points on the board while Claudio Ranieri's side will be hoping to build on their initial victory against FC Zenit St. Petersburg. • Viktor Goncharenko's men will have benefited from their Matchday 1 experience in which Madrid scored goals either side of half-time for their 2-0 victory, with Sergio Ramos and Ruud van Nistelrooy on the scoresheet. BATE's hopes of getting back into the game were not helped by the dismissal of Anri Khagush for a second yellow card. • Juventus, making their return to the UEFA Champions League after a two-year absence, owed their narrow opening win to a trademark free-kick from Alessandro Del Piero. It was largely from set-pieces that the 1996 winners had threatened the UEFA Cup and UEFA Super Cup holders and with 14 minutes to go they finally made it count. • The first representatives from Belarus to compete in the group stage of the competition remained unbeaten home and away as they progressed through all three qualifying rounds. In the first round BATE beat Valur Reykjavík 3-0 on aggregate, winning the home leg 2-0. The second round brought a 4-3 aggregate victory against RSC Anderlecht with the second leg at the Gradski Stadium ending 2-2. In the third round against PFC Levski Sofia BATE again laid the ground for victory with their away performance in the first leg, winning 1-0 in Bulgaria and drawing 1-1 at home. • This is the first time Juventus have encountered opposition from Belarus in European club competition. BATE have met Italian sides on four occasions and only in the last fixture – at home to Bologna FC in the 2002 UEFA Intertoto Cup third round – did they avoid defeat. • That game ended 0-0 and BATE also failed to score in the three previous fixtures as well. AC Milan beat them in Belarus (2-0) and Italy (4-0) in the 2001/02 UEFA Cup first round while Bologna won 2-0 in the home leg of the UEFA Intertoto Cup tie. • In 2005/06 Juventus won two of their three matches away from home in the group stage. They beat Club Brugge KV 2-1 and SK Rapid Wien 3-1 and went down 2-1 at FC Bayern München. There was another defeat in Germany in the first knockout round when Werder Bremen beat them 3-2 but those away goals proved crucial as the aggregate scores finished level at 4-4. Last updated 29.09.2008 17:21:12CET www.uefa.com Match background 1 FC BATE Borisov - Juventus Tuesday 30 September 2008 - 20.45 CET MATCH PRESS KIT Dinamo, Minsk • The quarter-finals brought them up against Arsenal FC and a 2-0 defeat in London signposted the Turin team's elimination. Their troubles were compounded with both Mauro Camoranesi and Jonathan Zebina dismissed in the final three minutes at Highbury after collecting second bookings. Juventus' home leg ended 0-0. • In that campaign Juventus had won their first two fixtures. The previous year they won their first five while in 2003/04 their first three games all ended in victory. • Camoranesi scored for Italy in a 4-1 victory in a FIFA World Cup qualifier away to Belarus in September 2005. Vincenzo Iaquinta came off the bench for the visitors in the second half. • The other Matchday 2 game in the group features Zenit against Real Madrid. Match facts BATE UEFA milestones • None UEFA Champions League statistics • Seven BATE players have appeared in all seven games, including qualifying: Anri Khagush, Vladimir Rzhevski, Aleksandr Yurevich, Dmitri Likhtarovich, Pavel Nekhaychik, Sergei Kryvets and Maksim Zhavnerchik. • Gennadi Bliznyuk's goal in the second qualifying round second leg against RSC Anderlecht was his tenth in UEFA club competition, equalling the record of Georgi Kondratyev for the most European goals scored by a Belarussian. In addition, Bliznyuk's goal was his seventh in UEFA Champions League qualifying – also a national record. • Likhtarovich has now played 41 matches in UEFA club competition, another record while at a Belarussian club. BATE assistant coaches Vadim Skripchenko (30 games) and Aleksandr Fedorovich (28) are third and fourth on the list respectively. FC Barcelona's Aleksandr Hleb is the Belarussian with most appearances in UEFA club competition having featured 63 times. Disciplinary information • Bliznyuk and Vitali Rodionov are available having served one-match bans against Madrid, although Khagush is suspended following his red card on Matchday 1. Latest domestic information • Thursday 25 September: FC Gomel 0-2 FC BATE Borisov (Rodionov 59 63) Rodionov scored twice in four second-half minutes as BATE defeated last season's runners-up and stretched their unbeaten start to the season to a record 23 matches. The hosts threatened, but it was Rodionov who broke the deadlock just before the hour when he converted an Igor Stasevich free-kick, and he quickly doubled the lead. • Coach Viktor Goncharenko said: "I liked our movement – we were able to execute despite a busy schedule and a heavy pitch. I am happy with the win against such difficult opponents." • It is the second time this season BATE have beaten Gomel 2-0, with Rodionov also on target in the home win on 10 June. • Goncharenko is yet to experience a Vysshaya Liga defeat with BATE having taken charge of the club on 13 November 2007. He has won 15 matches and drawn eight. • BATE did, however, lose 6-3 on aggregate against FC MTZ-RIPO Minsk in the Belarus Cup semi-finals last season. • Goncharenko's team had registered their 14th win of the season in style on 21 September, defeating FC Shakhtyor Soligorsk 5-0. Bliznyuk scored a hat-trick (15, 83, 90) with Stasevich (25) and Rodionov (68) also on target. Injury news • Aleksandr Ermakovich – out since 7 September (knee) Last updated 29.09.2008 17:21:12CET www.uefa.com Match facts 2 FC BATE Borisov - Juventus Tuesday 30 September 2008 - 20.45 CET MATCH PRESS KIT Dinamo, Minsk Summer transfers •In Ivan Pecha (FC Ceahlaul Piatra Neamt) Aleksandr Volodko (FC Dinamo Brest, loan) Vladislav Mirchev (PFC Spartak Varna) Lasha Dekanosidze (FC Dinamo Tbilisi) •Out Aleksei Khaletski (FC Torpedo Zhodino) Miscellaneous • Although Goncharenko's date of birth is widely quoted as 10 September 1977, he was born on 10 June 1977. The confusion arose after he lost his passport and, in the replacement, the official mistakenly entered 09 (September) as the month of his birth instead of 06 (June). • BATE will play their home group games at the Dinamo Stadium in Minsk, 65km away from Borisov, as their usual home ground has a capacity of only 5,000. Juventus UEFA milestones • None UEFA Champions League statistics • Eight Juventus players have appeared in all three games, including qualifying: Gianluigi Buffon, Zdeněk Grygera, Cristian Molinaro, Nicola Legrottaglie, Mauro Camoranesi, Christian Poulsen, Mohamed Sissoko and Amauri. Disciplinary information • Juventus have no players suspended or within a booking of a ban. Latest domestic information • Saturday 27 September: UC Sampdoria 0-0 Juventus Alessandro Del Piero was denied by the woodwork at the Luigi Ferraris Stadium in Genoa as Juve drew for the second time in four days. The Bianconeri made a lively start, former goalkeeper Antonio Mirante keeping out a Del Piero free-kick and the Juventus captain also hit a post after 20 minutes. Sampdoria were the better side after the break and the visitors were forced to hold on. • "We tried to control the game but Sampdoria played very well defensively – they closed down the space and we could not break through," said coach Claudio Ranieri. "It was an even game and both defences had the better of the forwards. [David] Trezeguet's absence is very important for us but we have other options in attack and I'm not worried." • Alexander Manninger deputised for the injured Buffon while Legrottaglie missed the game due to a thigh injury. Olof Mellberg lined up alongside Giorgio Chiellini in central defence, and with Trezeguet out for four months, Amauri partnered Del Piero up front. • Juventus remain unbeaten in all competitions this season. • Juve were forced to settle for a point in their 1-1 home draw with Calcio Catania on 24 September. Amauri gave the Bianconeri an early lead (16) with his third goal in as many Serie A outings, but that was cancelled out midway through the second half by Gianvito Plasmati (68). The Turin team then struck the crossbar twice in quick succession but could not find a winner. • Manninger made his first start for Juventus against Catania, having replaced Buffon at half-time three days earlier in the 1-0 victory at Cagliari Calcio. Amauri's 39th-minute strike was enough to secure a first away win of the season in all competitions. • Making his Serie A debut for Juve, Sebastian Giovinco provided an assist for Amauri's goal against Catania.