Must win to stay in the dream of the Champions League:

Rosenborg sank 1-0 against Valur on the Hlíðarendi field last Wednesday. On Wednesday evening, Kåre Ingebrigtsens' team will have the opportunity to rearrange the surprising and disappointing screen background.

Something they also need for the Trons to play in the Champions League football at Lerkendal this season.

Arrive at the most talented tournament in Europe is not easy, and Rosenborg will likely meet clubs that it will be acceptable to counter. Semiprofessional Valur is not such a team.

However, Rosenborg coach, Kåre Ingebrigtsen, tries to mitigate the expectations of his own team before the fate of the match. In an interview with Adresseavisa, he expresses that "Trollongan" can get a successful season even with a loss against Valur.

– This is not the case all the season lies and falls on this match. We can go out on Wednesday, but we come to a group match in Europe. I know that there are many who think that the season can be settled now, but I devote no energy to it. There is no stomach if we go to Valur, says Ingebrigtsen to Adresseavisen.

TV2's football league, Jesper Mathiesen, does not seem to share the 52-year-old's opinion. When the Address Journal confronted him with statements from Ingebrigten, he had a completely different view of Valur's matches.

– It had been a complete failure and flouted for Rosenborg and Norwegian football in general. Kåre Ingebrigtsen might like to try to minimize their chances, but it would be incredibly weak to come out of Iceland with the semi-professional Valur, says the south of the country.

A late deadball goal

This was not a firework display of a football match that they presented at Hlíðarendi was seen last Wednesday. After dominating the first time there was a good chance it was Valur who took the initiative after the rest.

The Icelandic home team even had a shot on Tobias Thomsen after 60 minutes. The chair period seemed to trigger an RBK alarm light that rose significantly over the next few minutes.

Marius Lundemo was about to gain the advantage over Jonathan Levi in ​​the 67th minute of play, but young Bærum's attempt was just ahead of Valur's goal.

When it lasted six minutes of regulation time, Valur received a free kick. The Trons were first on the ball and cleared, but the Icelanders stayed there and brought the ball back to the field. Thomsen was relatively lonely, and the 25-year-old outstripped Rosenborg's femmets.

The Trons were busy with "ballwatching", and so did not agree that former Sandes player Ulf Eidur Aron Sigurbjörnsson had slipped between them. The 28-year-old was only five meters away and scored the only goal of the match between RBK goalkeeper Andre Hansen.

Rosenborg insisted on equalization, but never managed to break through the well-organized Icelandic team.

Despite the fact that Eliteseria's second place has finally left no chance, Ingebrigtsen has not seen the opportunity to access the second round of the match qualifying for the Champions League.

– We will attack and attack

– 1-0 away is not a bad starting point. We have a goal to resume. We must be better than us in Iceland because it is possible to beat with more than one goal, he answers the question of what kind of thoughts he has before the important match.

The former coach of Bodø / Glimt also questioned what he wanted to change in the first game.

– The most important thing for us is that we have to attack as a team. We must be patient in our game of attack. In Iceland, we were very impatient. We had 5-6 pieces at the top that ran places where we did not have to attack and the ball was often played on foot. We must challenge them and create overloads, the analysis of the coach.

The masters of the Icelandic series only scored 20 goals in 22 league games last season, and Rosenborg learned how hard it was to score goals against the smoky wall.

On Lerkendal grass, however, the ball rolls faster than the artificial turf on the ground of the country of origin.

Rosenborg favorites

Although the Icelanders won their first game, Rosenborg is the favorite to win the match and advance.

The odds for Rosenborg's win are 1.15 on Tuesday afternoon. You can also play Rosenborg's win with a 0-1 full time handicap. The chances for this are 1.57.

The winner of Wednesday's match meets after judging Celtic in the second round. The Scots won 3-0 on the way to Armenian Alachkert in the first match.

This means that we can get a reprint from last year when the champions of Scotland met Rosenborg in the third qualifying round. Then, it's the team of Brendan Rodgers who drew the longest straw.

If that were to happen, Rosenborg had to hit Valur

The game started at 19h45.

Writer: Håkon Kristian Stavrum
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