BELARUSIAN side Dynamo Brest continue to put on a show during their home matches as they bring out cheerleaders to go with their mannequin fans.
Despite coronavirus fears, football in Belarus is yet to be suspended, with the country’s top-flight still the only league in Europe where you can watch live games.
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Dynamo Brest have been using mannequins to pad out their empty standsCredit: Getty Images – Getty
Brest – who won the league last season – are making an effort to pad out their empty stands as supporters begin to stay at home in fear of catching the deadly bug.
Fans have been encouraged to purchase virtual tickets online, with their faces to then be pasted on stuffed dummies that would be sitting inside the stadium.
Those that bought the tickets would also receive a matchday programme sent to their house.
All money raised from the sales will be donated to help the fight against coronavirus.
More and more fans have been purchasing the tickets following Brest’s 2-0 victory against Shakhtyor Soligorsk last week which saw the club go viral.
Sunday’s 3-1 victory against Isloch saw the club move up to third in the table, and there were plenty of mannequins yet again in attendance.
Each dummy is given a different football shirt, with past kits of West Ham, Feyenoord and the England national shirt all caught on cameras.
And the real fans were also given a treat as Brest cheerleaders – as well as the club’s mascot – performed at half-time in an attempt to keep spirits up.
Cheerleaders for Belarusian side Brest show their support during half-timeCredit: Reuters
Brest have invited fans to purchase online tickets where their faces will be pasted onto stuffed dummiesCredit: Getty Images – Getty
Brest currently sit third in the Premier League after four games playedCredit: AFP or licensors
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Amazingly, Belarus president Alexander Lukashenko has insisted that vodka and saunas can help cure coronavirus.
He even claimed: “People are working in tractors, no one is talking about the virus.
“In the villages, the tractor will heal everyone. The fields heal everyone.”
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
