Molde maximum lucky Champions League draw – Dagbladet.no

(Dagbladet): Molde trouble turning Armenian FC Pyunik 5-0 in the first match in the second qualifying round for the Champions League on Tuesday.

Tor Ole Skullerud teams play the return match in Yerevan on Tuesday, but after the solid victory in the first settlement, the second leg a mere formality.

It was therefore attached great excitement to the draw for the third qualifying round at 12 o’clock in the afternoon. It is often here that the Norwegian champions have tended to break out in recent years.

Good draw

And without concluding, we can determine that Molde were lucky with the draw. Romsdalingene were namely drawn to face Dinamo Zagreb or Fola Esch from Luxembourg in the third qualifying round.

Zagreb is ranked as Europe’s 88 best club teams, and was on paper the easiest opponent moldenserne could get the seeded teams.

So everything happened exactly as Molde boss Ole Tor Skullerud dreamed. Tuesday he said namely this Dagbladet:

– We want a team that is as poor as possible.

It wished he thus fulfilled.

Surprising Results

It is far from certain that it will be Dinamo Zagreb being Moldes opponent.

In the first showdown between Croats and Fola Esch in Croatia this week, played namely layers 1-1. Fola Esch has thus, surprisingly, a good starting point before the second leg at home.

Moldes opponent will be determined after the return match in Luxembourg next week. Skullerud team plays away from home first.

Ronny delicious Celtic beat Stjarnan from Iceland 2-0 in the first match of the 2nd qualifying round. If they go ahead after game two meetings the Qarabag from Azerbaijan or Rudar Pljevlja of Montenegro in the next qualifying round.

Åge Hareide Malmo drew 0-0 at home against Zalgiris of Lithuania in the first qualifying match of the round 2. If the progress it away game first in the 3rd qualifying round against Austrian Salzburg.

Europa League chance

3rd qualifying round is played on 28/29. July and 4. / 5. august.

• If Molde takes further from the third qualifying round, they continued through the playoff matches against a supposedly stronger opponent before they can start looking forward to the Champions League group stage.

• If Molde picks advance to the Champions League playoff, and bust out there, they get to play in the Europa League instead.