FC BATE Borisov 1-1 SK Sturm Graz

Champions League - BATE were the resource persons Unable to find a winner after a center-back Marko Simic canceled out Manuel Weber’s early opener for the visitors in Minsk.
FC BATE Borisov and SK Sturm Graz Their resumes will of the UEFA Champions League play-off tie on level terms following a draw in Belarus.
Bidding to reach the group stage for the first time since 2000, Sturm silenced the home crowd inside 12 minutes through Manuel Weber’s confident finish. Marko Simic powered in a header just before the hour but Viktor Goncharenko’s men must score in Austria in eight days’ time to retain any hope of gracing the group stage for the second time.

If BATE were the resource persons seeking a positive start to erase the disappointment of Their shock loss to FC Minsk weekend, then the visitors served up more trouble with Weber’s opener. Slipped in by Imre Szabics’s defense-splitting pass, the captain Sturm advanced into the penalty area and beat Aleksandr Gutor with ease.
A goal down, BATE received another setback two minutes later Pls Vitali Rodionov received a booking the which rules him out of the return. Undeterred, the Belarusian champions, WHO enjoyed 62% possession in the first half, with Their Continued Measured approach play and would have leveled Yegor Filipenko Had not missed the target after Dmitri Baga’s free-kick dropped kindly.
That was the cue for Szabics to head wide following a swift counterattack Sturm. Followed was his chance three minutes before the break by Milan Dudić, all of four meters out, somehow failing to connect with Andreas Hölzl’s deep delivery.
Perhaps mindful of That Reprieve, BATE began the second half confidently and equalised with Their first effort on target, Simic Unmarked rising to head in Baga’s accurate set piece. Buoyant again, BATE received a reminder of Sturm’s threat Pls Roman Kienast flashed a header across goal. Despite forcing the issue thereafter, the home side were the resource persons Unable to force Goalkeeper Christian Sturm Gratzei into his first