24 Jul 2015

Iran and Belarus escape with tight wins

The opening day in Belarus was not as successful for Turkey and Estonia but the action was unmistakable

The action was tight throughout in the opening day of the BSWW Friendship Cup Belarus 2015. Iran faced an early deficit but came back to score all their goals in the second and third periods, to come out on top 5-3. Turkey is a strong force in Europe and they scored first, which might have been a surprise to some but the Asian side, Iran, knew all too well their offensive prowess and stormed ahead for good in the middle frame. The Turkish side was able to score once in each frame but they could not overcome the Iranian offense and the final score rang with Iran up by a score of 5-3.

The final match of the day of the opening of the Friendship Cup featured the hosts and Estonia. Estonia is always a tough side but the Belarusians were able to draw upon their home crowd and pull out the 6-5 win. Neither side was able to solve the other teams’ defense in the opening frame, but the second period had the offenses open up. The second period had six total goals, four from Belarus but the third period belonged to the visitors though their three goals to two for Belarus left the final score at 6-5 for the local team. The huge opening day has set the stage for a just as exciting day two in Belarus for Saturday.