Champions Cup, second preliminary round, first leg (12/8)
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Rosenborg - Club Brugge (Belgium) 2-0 (0-0)
Lerkendal stadion
Att: 12 919
1-0 Sigurd Rushfeldt (61)
2-0 Bent Skammelsrud (81)
Referee: Hugh Dallas, Scotland.
Yellow card: Bjørn Otto Bragstad, Rosenborg, Gert Claessens, Eric
Deflandre, Club Brugge.

- An excellent second half was enough to give RBK a good chance of
  reaching the Champions Leage for the fourth successive year. Before the
  break the home side were stiffled by the Belgians, which had undoubtly
  done their home work. RBK hardly created an opportunity, instead Brugge
  twice came close to taking the lead. After the break, though, it was
  a very different story. Now, RBK created chance after chance, and the
  play was faster and more fluent, as one has been accustomed to in the
  last years. The reward was two well-taken goals. First, top scorer 
  Rushfeldt prolonged an excellent through ball from Hoftun, and then
  Skammelsrud hit a screaming volley from just outside the area, after
  a corner clearance. The win should be enough to go through, at least
  if RBM manage to score an away goal in Brugge.


Champions Cup, second preliminary round, second leg (26/8)
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Club Brugge (Belgium) - Rosenborg 4-2 (1-1), agg. 4-4, Rosenborg on away goals
Jan Breydel stadion
Att: 10 000
1-0 Khalilou Fadiga (23)
1-1 Sigurd Rushfeldt (44)
2-1 Gert Claessens (46)
2-2 Rushfeldt (72)
3-2 Koen Schockoert (78)
4-2 Claessens (84)
Referee: Urs Meier, Switzerland.
Yellow card: Gert Claessens, Club Brugge, Christer Basma, Andreas Mayer,
André Bergdølmo, Rosenborg.

- Rosenborg made it to the Champions League for the fourth year in 
  succession, but in the end it was a very close call. The Norwegians
  were saved by Rushfeldt's two excellent goals, as they conceded 
  four themselves, which seemed somewhat unnecessary as RBK had drawn
  level on two occations. In the last minutes it was very chaotic, as
  another goal would have sent Brugge through, but 5 minutes into injury
  time the ref blew the final whistle, and RBK could start celebrating.