Molde against title defenders – TV 2

Molde was anything but lucky with the draw of 16 final on Europa League.

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s men will meet the last two seasons winner of the tournament, Spanish Sevilla.

– Sure it will be tough. But we’ve shown before that we can cope with several good teams. We just have to look forward, this will be a fun challenge, says Vegard Forren to TV2 Sport after the draw.

He had hoped for a slightly easier opponent.

– We are a good team, we also, and just have to attack. We hope and believe we can achieve more in Europe. However, there are some mixed feelings about this. For we could have been more fortunate with the draw, said stopper.

Sevilla is europa league specialists par excellence. They have won the tournament four times in the past decade. It was called the UEFA Cup until 2009/10 season.

– They have won two consecutive years. I’ve seen them not long ago. There are possibilities. It is some time before we will play the game. We will go and see them, and prepare well, believes Solskjaer.

Molde boss promises that they will be well prepared.

– We will sit down to watch the video and go to Spain a few times to see them. We are not favorites, and have to put us a little behind, but we will do, he said to TV 2 Sport.

And he will not give victory to the Spaniards on advance.

– We may surprise again, but is aware that it will be a tough task, he says.

The veteran Daniel Berg Hestad took the draw with a good mood.

– They are well in seventh place in the table. And then they are well affordable. Alas, Sevilla is probably the second worst we could met. I rank Dortmund as better. But they have won the Europa League two years in a row and we are the underdogs so it holds. Now we need to just get to the mill and put away the rib on Christmas, he said.

While Liverpool did the job away in Switzerland and became group winner in his group.

Liverpool will meet German Augsburg, while Manchester United are to Denmark and play against FC Midtjylland. Tottenham were the most unfortunate of the English teams. Spurs will face Fiorentina.

Matches:
Valencia – Rapid Wien
Fiorentina – Tottenham
Borussia Dortmund – Porto
Fenerbahce – Lokomotiv Moscow
Anderlecht – Olympiakos
FC Midtjylland – Manchester United
Augsburg – Liverpool
Sparta Prague – FC Krasnodar
Galatasaray – Lazio
Sion – Braga
FC Shakhtar Donetsk – Schalke 04
Olympique de Marseille – Athletic Bilbao
Sevilla – Molde
Sporting Lisbon – Bayer Leverkusen
Villarreal – Napoli
Saint-Etienne – Basel