BELARUS: SOCCER/FOOTBALL: Belarussian side BATE stunned last season's beaten finalist Bayern Munich 3-1 in the group stage of the Champions League

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  • Title: BELARUS: SOCCER/FOOTBALL: Belarussian side BATE stunned last season's beaten finalist Bayern Munich 3-1 in the group stage of the Champions League
  • Date: 3rd October 2012
  • Summary: MINSK, BELARUS (OCTOBER 2, 2012) (REUTERS) EXTERIOR OF STADIUM FANS REPORTERS REPORTER TYPING CAMERA BAYERN MUNICH COACH JUPP HEYNCKES (CENTRE OF PICTURE) SEATED FOR NEWS CONFERENCE HEYNCKES' HANDS (SOUNDBITE) (German) BAYERN MUNICH COACH JUPP HEYNCKES SAYING: "I mean there are no weak opponents in the Champions League and the team BATE Borisov confirmed it once a
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  • Location: Belarus
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  • Country: Belarus
  • Topics: Sports
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  • Story Text: BATE Borisov stunned Bayern Munich 3-1 in a famous win for the Belarus champions whose surprise start to Champions League Group F continued on Tuesday (October 2) with a second victory in two games.
    BATE, who beat Lille by the same score in their opener, went ahead with a 23rd minute strike from Aleksandr Pavlov and late goals by Vitali Rodionov and Renan Bressan snapped Bayern's nine-game winning streak in all competitions.
    "I mean there are no weak opponents in the Champions League and the team BATE Borisov confirmed it once again," Bayern Munich coach Jupp Heynckes told reporters.
    "I think this team (BATE) has chances to go further. What concerns us...we will keep fighting. Not everything is lost yet. We shall continue our matches and concentrate while playing."
    Last season's Champions League finalists had dominated the first half and hit the post through Toni Kroos but were left to scramble forward in the second period, fearful of the Belarussian side's potent counter attacks which eventually cost them dearly.
    The result leaves the group wide open with BATE top on six points and Bayern on three with Valencia who beat Lille 2-0.
    "Certainly, when you play with such grandees as Bayern, then without any share of luck and without some kind of underestimation (from Bayern point of view) it's impossible to win such a team as Bayern," BATE coach Viktor Goncharenko said.
    "And if to keep in mind the number of goals scored by Bayern in these opening matches (and I suppose you know the number) then it's really fantastic that we've managed to score three goals today."
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