BATE vs Sturm game to gather 12 thousand fans

There won't be a full house at "Dynama" stadium in Minsk at the first Champions' League play-off game. 8 thousand tickets for BATE vs Sturm have been sold by morning, August 16. BATE's deputy general director Victar Khadasevich has told this to Euroradio:

“There are many tickets left. More than 8 thousand have been sold. It is difficult to predict how many of them will be sold. People buy many tickets on the last day of sale usually. There is a queue at the box-offices since morning. We'll see how many fans will come at the game itself”.

Administrator of the travel agency "ABFF-Travel", which also sells tickets for today's game, says that they have sold 5,5 thousand tickets out of the mentioned 8 thousand. On the whole, they expect 10-12 thousand spectators at the game.

There were still people standing in a queue near the box-offices at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, some of them bought 15-20 tickets each.

Let us remind you, the game between BATE (Barysau) and Sturm (Austria) will start today at 21.45 at Minsk stadium "Dynama". This is the first game between the two rivals - the second one will take place in Austria in a week. Barysau players need to win in two games on aggregate in order to get to the Champions' League group stage for the second time in their history.