Rosenborg lost 0–3 at the Lerkendal stadium on Wednesday evening. Next week, the second leg will be played in Madrid, and then a miracle will be needed to reverse tonight’s match result. – They punish us for simple things. There are good individual players and they score nice goals, says captain Mali Næss to Adresseavisen immediately after the match. Tough night Real Madrid went out hard from the start and created several great chances. After 14 minutes came the first score of the evening, when Caroline Weir tapped in from outside the penalty area. The ball slammed into the net behind a chanceless Lene Christensen. After 34 minutes came goal number two, then from the technically elegant left winger Athenea del Castillo. Rosenborg got more involved in the game, but after 54 minutes it crashed again. Caroline Weir scored again this time. Thus the match ended 0–3. I think it will be tough – We face a very good team. We had hoped for a better result, but there are good references for us and we meet a team that is certainly among the eight best teams in Europe, says sporting director Jan Henrik Øydne to news. Now Rosenborg must score four goals in Madrid to progress. – There is only one week until the next match. It’s always tough to get three goals, but we don’t stress. This is part of our development course and we have made a step forward from last year. We don’t meet this level on a daily basis, so now we see where the list is. Will spend the week well Coach Steinar Lein says the match was good learning for the players. – They have enormous resources and have many good players. If we were to win here today, we would have to be at our maximum level. We weren’t today. Now the players return to the training ground again, to see if they can come up with a good attack plan to fight back in Madrid. – Now there is a week until the next match, and we will make good use of that week.
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