yardımcı hakemler: münir takpak (tur), fahir ersoy (tur)
4. hakem: cem tosyaly (tur)
gomel: viatcheslav dousmanov, nikita chmykov, anton ivanov, aleh charapniou, fedor loukachenko, dmitri korsakov, andrei nazarov (dk. 53 viktor barel), maksim razumov (dk. 85 vasil tovkatsky), siarhei nikitsenka, gennadi bliznyuk (dk. 84 andrei harautsou), andrej marozau
yedekler: vasili drazdou, pavel krechyn, aliaksandr liantsevich, alexey gilimov
teknik direktör: sergei podpali (rus)
hjk: andrás vilnrotter, tero penttila, aarno turpeinen, ville nylund, jari ilola (dk. 88 alexei eremenko sr), toni kallio, hannu haarala (dk. 79 petri oravainen), markus heikkinen, rami hakanpää, mika kottila, mika lehkosuo
yedekler: pasi laaksonen, aleksei eremenko, lászló fekete, kalle sorja, ossi martikainen
teknik direktör: keith armstrong (eng)
goller: (1-0) dk. 60 viktor barel
sarı kartlar: dk. 50 nikita chmykov, dk. 88 andrej marozau (gomel)
barel breaks through for gomel published: thursday 15 august 2002, 19.15cet fc gomel 1-0 hjk helsinki viktar barel's goal gives gomel a narrow lead.
fc gomel 1-0 hjk helsinki a solitary viktar barel goal on the hour was enough to give fc gomel a slight advantage in their uefa cup qualifying round tie with finnish visitors hjk helsinki.
false alarm gomel thought they had taken the lead 26 minutes into a quiet first half of this first-leg tie, but henadzi blizniuk's smart header was met with a superb stop by andras vilnrotter. the breakthrough finally came 15 minutes after half-time when andrei marozau's shot hit a defender and fell to blizniuk. his effort was stopped on the line by tero penttilä, but barel was on hand to score from close range.
woodwork woe hjk's best chance to equalise came ten minutes from full time when hannu haarala made a fine solo run through the gomel defence and unleashed a drive from 15 metres. viatcheslav dousmanov was beaten, but the post saved the belarussians.
'special scheme' gomel coach serguei podpalyi said: "we prepared a special 4-3-3 tactical scheme to play the finns, and it worked. i am only disappointed about the fact that we wasted so many chances. also, you can be sure that we will not be playing defensive football away from home."
armstrong upbeat despite defeat, hjk coach keith armstrong was upbeat. he said: "we wasted three or four chances in the game as well. anyway, we are not despairing, as there are still 90 minutes left in this match."
