
The coach of the Belarusian national team Eduard Malofeev called the names of 22 football players who will play in Tashkent from the national team of Uzbekistan on April 30. There is only one loss in the team - the injured player of the Russian Spartak -Alania Igor Tarlovsky will not be able to play. But Vasily Baranov, midfielder of the Spartak Moscow, who last played for the national team in 2001 in the qualifying match of the World Championship against Wales, returned to the national team.
On April 2, Belarus and Uzbekistan met in Minsk, and that game ended in a draw - 2: 2. Now the wards of Malofeev, preparing for the qualifying games of Euro 2004 in the third group, will pay a return visit to Uzbekistan. And already on June 7, Belarusians will have to play with the Holland team, four more days later - with the Austrian national team.
In the qualifying cycle of Euro 2004, the Malofeev team spent 4 matches and scored 3 points. As a result, it ranks fourth in a group of five teams, reports euro2004.com .