At a time when sports activities have come to a standstill across the world, a football league is being organized in Belarus, which is being broadcast in many other countries including India, increasing its fans internationally. However, the players are also concerned about their health and only the ardent fans are coming to the stadium to watch the match. FC Slutask fan Yahor Khawanski said he could not live without watching football over the weekend. He said, "In the last match, only 300 people reached the stadium. You can sit anywhere and keep a distance in such a situation. Despite the risk, I will keep going to watch the match."
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Belarus has not implemented lockdown in the country: Life in Belarus is going on like normal days because its government did not accept the World Health Organization (WHO) recommendations of lockdown due to coronavirus. The population of Belarus is about one crore and there have been 9590 cases of coronavirus. Its neighbor Ukraine has nearly quadrupled population but there are fewer cases. Belarus Football Federation has run according to the decision of the government. It said that under the current guidelines it cannot stop organizing matches.
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It announced this week that the Women's League would also start from April 30 after a delay of two weeks. The continuation of matches has given new life to the League of Belarus. Russia's largest sports network purchased broadcast rights for matches in March. After this, 11 other countries including India and Israel followed it. Clubs have started Twitter accounts in English to attract international audiences.
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Clubs have become fans in different countries. Football lovers in Australia have raised a new Facebook page for fans of FC Slutask by raising $ 4000. But local spectators are not taking interest in these matches due to the risk. Last weekend, only 2383 spectators arrived to watch eight league matches.
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Some players want the league to be stopped but the opinion of some other players is different. Denamo Minsk midfielder Danilo told Brazilian media, "If the big championships have been stopped then why are they not being stopped. We should do that too. "But the league is gaining more popularity abroad and many players feel that this is a good chance for them to lose their shine.
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