Stuniverse Posted March 27 Author Share Posted March 27 (edited) Episode 93 - Training Camp | 13th January 2030 "Viking Club Vision" -- Edited March 28 by Stuniverse 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuniverse Posted March 27 Author Share Posted March 27 (edited) Episode 93 - Training Camp | 13th January 2030 "Transfer Revenue Percentage Re-Invested" -- -- -- -- -- Edited March 28 by Stuniverse Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuniverse Posted March 27 Author Share Posted March 27 (edited) Episode 93 - Training Camp | 13th January 2030 "Viking - 2030 Eliteserien Fixtures" -- Edited March 28 by Stuniverse Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuniverse Posted March 27 Author Share Posted March 27 Sunday 13th January 2030 Until Next Time... ... when our UEFA Europa League campaign continues. -- Upcoming Fixtures -- Thoughts, comments, general feedback appreciated. Any questions, just ask and I'll answer them if I can. Thank you for reading and following. Until next time... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaytheGreat Posted March 28 Share Posted March 28 Ah what could have been with Fiesty, unfortunately he just doesn't seem like he should take up one of those 9 non home grown spots. Fun to see an ex Derby player pop up regardless. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuniverse Posted March 28 Author Share Posted March 28 13th January 2030 2030 Eliteserien Season Preview -- Bodø/Glimt are predicted to continue their resurgence and win Eliteserien in 2030. Brann and Molde expected to make a recovery after a below par 2029 and we're predicted to finish 4th. All three promoted teams are predicted to go straight back down to OBOS-ligaen. -- How Eliteserien finished last season. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuniverse Posted March 28 Author Share Posted March 28 (edited) 2 hours ago, JaytheGreat said: Ah what could have been with Fiesty, unfortunately he just doesn't seem like he should take up one of those 9 non home grown spots. Never say never, @JaytheGreat, Festy Ebosele is still on trial at Viking and who knows what might happen... 2 hours ago, JaytheGreat said: Fun to see an ex Derby player pop up regardless. Well... Jason Knight has been playing for Åsane in Eliteserien from 2028 onwards. I had the opportunity to sign him on a free, or take him on trial, when Bristol City released him but I didn't for two reasons: Viking were, arguably, strongest in central midfield, and... the Stuni Stuniverse in this save is Norwegian, a life-long Odds Ballklubb fan, who has no affinity for Derby County or its players. Spoiler Edited March 28 by Stuniverse Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuniverse Posted March 28 Author Share Posted March 28 (edited) Preview Sporting Clube de Braga (Portugal) v Viking (Norway) UEFA Europa League -- So this is just weird. We are in our pre-season for 2030 but we're still playing in the UEFA Europa League 2029/30 campaign which carries over from our last season but is everybody else's this season. We were able to register our new signings Preslav Borukov and Eivind Helland. -- -- -- Expected Line-up Due to injuries, young midfielder Steinar Braathen is likely to be on the bench. Spoiler Edited March 28 by Stuniverse Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuniverse Posted March 28 Author Share Posted March 28 Thursday 24th January 2030 Sporting Clube de Braga (Portugal) v Viking (Norway) UEFA Europa League -- -- -- Sporting Clube de Braga showed us the levels we need to reach to be successful in the Europa League. We defended heroically for a good hour or so but Braga eventually scored the goal which, if I'm honest, had been on the cards. With nothing to lose at that point, we went more Attacking and created some chances... but Braga picked us off with two more goals. At least Preslav Borukov and Eivind Helland made their Viking debuts and Preslav got off the mark scoring a late consolation goal for us. -- Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuniverse Posted March 28 Author Share Posted March 28 5 hours ago, JaytheGreat said: Ah what could have been with Fiesty, unfortunately he just doesn't seem like he should take up one of those 9 non home grown spots. Fun to see an ex Derby player pop up regardless. 2 hours ago, Stuniverse said: Never say never, @JaytheGreat, Festy Ebosele is still on trial at Viking and who knows what might happen... As it turns out, @JaytheGreat, Viking won't be signing Festy Ebosele after all. Festy will be playing for Hønefoss in OBOS-ligaen (Tier 2). Spoiler Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuniverse Posted March 28 Author Share Posted March 28 Preview Viking (Norway) v Rennes (France) UEFA Europa League -- Although we are at home today, we're expecting another very difficult game against Rennes in the SR-Bank Arena. We'd love to qualify automatically and avoid the playoff but we'll need to win to guarantee finishing in the top eight. -- -- Expected Line-up Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuniverse Posted March 28 Author Share Posted March 28 Thursday 31st January 2030 Viking (Norway) v Rennes (France) UEFA Europa League -- -- -- This was a very special night in front of over 15,000 Viking supporters in a packed, 15,794 SR-Bank Arena crowd. It wasn't a great game, very few chances for either side, but Martin Palumbo scored the only goal of the game for us and we held onto the lead. Our de mørkeblå supporters were incredible tonight. I'd like to thank them for lifting the team. -- 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuniverse Posted March 28 Author Share Posted March 28 Episode 94 - This Pre-Season or Last Season? | 1st February 2030 "Viking - First Team Squad" -- I'm still not sure whether we're in this season's pre-season (2030) or last season's UEFA Europa League (2029/2030). I guess it's both. -- Player Appearances -- Player Reports -- Trialist We've taken former Viking Academy Graduate Anders Hiim on trial to take a look at him. Spoiler Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuniverse Posted March 28 Author Share Posted March 28 Episode 94 - This Pre-Season or Last Season? | 1st February 2030 "Players Leave or Rumoured to be leaving" -- We reluctantly sold Ole Wick Fiskå to Spezia. For an as yet, unproven, young striker we felt Spezia's bid, after we'd negotiated it up, was too good to turn down. Spoiler -- Lucas Forsberg has left Viking at the end of his contract. Lucas played for me at Hødd and we sold him to Jerv, even though I would have liked to have kept him, because the offer was a big one. When Lucas became a free agent, I signed him for Viking but it was a step too far I'm afraid for him. Spoiler -- Rumours about Yorbe Vertessen going to the Middle East just won't go away. Spoiler Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuniverse Posted March 28 Author Share Posted March 28 Episode 94 - This Pre-Season or Last Season? | 1st February 2030 "Good on you, David" -- I'm absolutely delighted that David Møller Wolfe has extended his stay with Viking. There was serious interest in him for Bodø/Glimt so I'm delighted David wants to stay and play for Viking. Spoiler -- Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuniverse Posted March 28 Author Share Posted March 28 Episode 94 - This Pre-Season or Last Season? | 1st February 2030 "Finances" -- Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuniverse Posted March 28 Author Share Posted March 28 (edited) Episode 94 - This Pre-Season or Last Season? | 1st February 2030 "Monthly Review" -- Results -- Board Confidence -- Supporter Confidence -- Dynamics Edited March 28 by Stuniverse Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuniverse Posted March 28 Author Share Posted March 28 (edited) Friday 1st February 2030 Until Next Time... ... when we need to arrange some friendly matches because our next competitive fixture isn't until March (in 34 days time). -- February's Fixtures Well... we don't have any currently. -- Thoughts, comments, general feedback appreciated. Any questions, just ask and I'll answer them if I can. Thank you for reading and following. Until next time... Edited March 28 by Stuniverse 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuniverse Posted March 28 Author Share Posted March 28 Friday 1st February 2030 Pre-Season Friendlies -- We've arranged four more pre-season friendlies to see us through until the first leg of the UEFA Europa League Round of 16 match and the start of Eliteserien. Before that though, we've given the players a week off. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jogo Bonito Posted March 29 Share Posted March 29 Nice to see Diouf has not been discarded, I think you have two very good quality left-backs there. The different seasons of competition would bend my mind too much, fair play to you for processing that! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuniverse Posted March 29 Author Share Posted March 29 Episode 95 - Pre-Season Continues | 17th February 2030 "Viking Academy Graduate Returns Home" -- I'm delighted to have signed Anders Hiim who will help with our HGC (Home Grown at Club) qoutient as he was here for four seasons at the start of his career. Spoiler -- We'd originally taken Anders on trial after Brann released him. On 28/03/2024 at 13:19, Stuniverse said: -- Trialist We've taken former Viking Academy Graduate Anders Hiim on trial to take a look at him. Reveal hidden contents Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuniverse Posted March 29 Author Share Posted March 29 31 minutes ago, Jogo Bonito said: Nice to see Diouf has not been discarded, I think you have two very good quality left-backs there. We may have three now that we've signed Anders Hiim. We also have a very promising 19 year-old prospect who can also play left-back. 32 minutes ago, Jogo Bonito said: The different seasons of competition would bend my mind too much, fair play to you for processing that! Thanks, @Jogo Bonito. It took some processing as January's friendlies showed up in our 2029 Schedule, whereas our two UEFA Europa League fixtures in the same month were in our 2030 Schedule. 2029 Schedule: 2030 Schedule: 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jogo Bonito Posted March 29 Share Posted March 29 Always great to welcome back Academy products. I guess he will be used as a utility player down that left side? Those schedules, my word. No way could I cope with that 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuniverse Posted March 29 Author Share Posted March 29 (edited) Sunday 17th February 2030 -- I'm looking forward to returning to Høddvoll as I like to go back and visit my former stomping grounds. Then we'll follow this friendly up with three friendlies against the teams relegated from Eliteserien last season. Hopefully, that will set the players up nicely for when our competitive matches resume next month. -- I'm going with a relatively young team today and we'll try and get them through 90 minutes if we can. New signing Anders Hiim starts but we'll look to replace him with Joakim Ørstavik at some point. -- It was great to be back at Høddvoll again and catch-up with former colleagues from my time their. Overall I was pleased. For the most part we controlled the game asnd took the lead through an Abel Stensrud penalty after good work by Steinar Braathen to win the penalty. We were unable to find the second goal though. We only made one substitution, the pre-planned one at left-back, whereas Hødd made half a dozen or so. Not surprisingly, as the game wore on, our players tired and Hødd came close to equalising. But we kept our hosts out for a 1-0 win. Edited March 30 by Stuniverse Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuniverse Posted March 29 Author Share Posted March 29 (edited) 2 hours ago, Jogo Bonito said: Always great to welcome back Academy products. I guess he will be used as a utility player down that left side? I haven't decided that yet, @Jogo Bonito I'm thinking David Møller Wolfe will be my first-choice left-back and, after that, I'm undecided. Spoiler -- New signing Anders Hiim will be given plenty of playing time in pre-season and, if he impresses, he's likely to be the back-up. Spoiler 2 hours ago, Jogo Bonito said: I guess he will be used as a utility player down that left side? Probably not. As we primarily play a 4-4-2 Diamond there won't be much call for him at M/AML. -- 2 hours ago, Jogo Bonito said: Nice to see Diouf has not been discarded, Not discarded, no, but El Hadji Malick Diouf is probably on his last chance with me now as his ridiculous red mist in Cupen Final, when we were already down to 10-men, really hurt us in that final. Spoiler I'm also thinking of using him more in central defence. Now that Marius Hoibraten is on the transfer list, El Hadji Malick Diouf is my only other left-footer who can play centre-back. Spoiler -- Right-back Brice Wembangomo can also play left-back... Spoiler ... and I also have Joakim Ørstavik who I'd like to give playing time too, although we are also exploring loan options for him. Spoiler -- 2 hours ago, Jogo Bonito said: Those schedules, my word. No way could I cope with that The only way I could get my head around it, at this stage, was to think of the Europa League matches as part of pre-season. Instead of pre-season friendlies, we play Europa League ties instead. It feels better than the many, many, many pre-season friendlies I've gone with previously. Edited March 29 by Stuniverse Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hootieleece Posted March 29 Share Posted March 29 16 minutes ago, Stuniverse said: he only way I could get my head around it, at this stage, was to think of the Europa League matches as part of pre-season. Instead of pre-season friendlies, we play Europa League ties instead. It feels better than the many, many, many pre-season friendlies I've gone with previously. I agree this is better...... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuniverse Posted March 29 Author Share Posted March 29 17 minutes ago, Hootieleece said: I agree this is better...... Yes, it is @Hootieleece We need to make sure we go deep into whatever European Competition we’re in so that we can keep on doing pre-season this way. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuniverse Posted March 30 Author Share Posted March 30 Episode 95 - Pre-Season Continues | 22nd February 2030 "UEFA Europa League Playoffs" -- Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuniverse Posted March 30 Author Share Posted March 30 Episode 95 - Pre-Season Continues | 22nd February 2030 "UEFA Europa League Round of 16 Draw" -- Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuniverse Posted March 30 Author Share Posted March 30 Sunday 24th February 2030 Stabæk finished 3rd bottom of Eliteserien last season and were relegated after losing the relegation playoff 2-1 to Kristiansund. Today, we'll go with a strongish starting 11 for 60 minutes and then make sweeping changes. -- -- New Signing We're delighted to have been able to sign Jesper Robertsen from Tromsø. He will add depth to our defence, provide competition for Brice Wembangomo at right-back whilst allowing me the option to play Isak Amundsen in his preferred centre-back position more often. Spoiler -- -- We were always on top in this game I thought and we hit the woodwork two, if not three times early on. Then Stabæk scored just before the half hour mark but that only served to make us step up another gear. In the end, we ran out comfortable winners with braces from Gaetano Oristanio and Eivind Helland. We did suffer a disappointing set-back with a serious injury to Yorbe Vertessen though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuniverse Posted March 30 Author Share Posted March 30 Wednesday 27th February 2030 Sarpsborg finished rock bottom of Eliteserien last season and were relegated to OBOS-ligaen. Today, against Sarpsborg, we'll start a completely different 11 to the line-up that started against Stabæk and, again, we'll look to make sweeping changes around the hour mark. -- -- -- If Sarpsborg show as much spirit and character this season as they did against us today, then Alexander Frei's team will be in for a successful season and, hopefully, can bounce straight back into Eliteserien. We took a 2-0 lead in the first half and looked comfortable. Sarpsborg were a different team after the break. I'm not sure what Alexander said to them at half time but it worked. I don't think we took our foot off the gas, but Sarpsborg put us under pressure second half and fought their way back to 2-2. We went 3-2 up and even then Sarpsborg hit the post. 4-2 probably flattered us a bit but, at this stage of pre-season, we'll take it. We had planned to give Julian Faye Lund a full game but, as he bruised his hand and hands are very important for goalkeepers, we subbed him early in the second half as a precaution. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuniverse Posted March 30 Author Share Posted March 30 Episode 95 - Pre-Season Continues | 1st March 2030 "Did we miss out?" -- We brought Håkon Evjen in on trial. Although midfield is, arguably, one of our strongest areas and we don't play with wingers, I thought Håkon was a quality player worth us taking a look at. Before we'd had chance to really assess him, or involve him in a friendly match, Rosenborg offered him a contract. At that point, I wasn't sure, so we didn't offer him a contract in the end. Maybe we should have done... I don't know. Spoiler Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuniverse Posted March 30 Author Share Posted March 30 Episode 95 - Pre-Season Continues | 1st March 2030 "Transfers So Far" -- Even the transfers go across two season's Transfer History screens. 2030 Transfers 2029 Transfers So far, I'm very happy with the transfer business we've done and how the Viking squad is shaping up. -- Bids Rejected Patrik Sigurður Gunnarsson Spoiler -- Runar Norheim Spoiler Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuniverse Posted March 30 Author Share Posted March 30 Episode 95 - Pre-Season Continues | 1st March 2030 "Four Young Players Extend Viking Stay | New Scout Joins" -- Øystein Bekkeheien Spoiler -- Steinar Braathen Spoiler -- Per Andreas Haughom Spoiler -- Krzysztof Krysiak Spoiler -- Kohler Joins Recruitment Team Spoiler Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuniverse Posted March 30 Author Share Posted March 30 Episode 95 - Pre-Season Continues | 1st March 2030 "Monthly Review" -- Results -- Board Confidence -- Supporter Confidence -- Finances -- Dynamics Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuniverse Posted March 30 Author Share Posted March 30 (edited) Friday 1st March 2030 Until Next Time... ... when we play our final friendly against Lillestrøm... ... play our two legged Europa League Last 16 tie against Villarreal, and... ... kick-off our Eliteserien campaign. -- March's Fixtures -- Thoughts, comments, general feedback appreciated. Any questions, just ask and I'll answer them if I can. Thank you for reading and following. Until next time... Edited March 30 by Stuniverse 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuniverse Posted March 31 Author Share Posted March 31 Sunday 3rd March 2030 Lillestrøm finished 15th in Eliteserien last season and were relegated to OBOS-ligaen. They are the favourites to bounce straight back this time around. They will present a difficult challenge for our final pre-season friendly. With the first leg of our UEFA Europa League round of 16 tie away at Villarreal in just four days time, I don't think any player will get more than 60 minutes today. -- -- -- We knew Lillestrøm were going to be tough opponents and so it proved. Twice we had to come from behind and then, when we did get ourselves in front 3-2, we gifted them an equaliser when young Eivind Helland conceded an 85th minute penalty. But I'd rather he do that in a friendly and learn from it than in a competitive match. We kept going though and grabbed the winner just before the 90 minutes were up. Around 55 minutes, trailing 1-2, we changed to an Attacking mentality and asked both full-back to attack as wing-backs. Once we took the lead at 4-3, going into a minimum of four added minutes, we changed to a Balanced mentality, asked our wing-backs to defend, and changed to a box midfield with a defensive two behind a central midfield two. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuniverse Posted March 31 Author Share Posted March 31 Episode 96 - 2030 Season Starts | 3rd March 2030 "Pre-Season Over" -- We're very happy with how our pre-season has gone. Although it is a bit strange still playing in what, for us, is last season's UEFA Europa League. -- That felt a lot better for pre-season though than previous years in this save... what do you think, @warlock? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuniverse Posted March 31 Author Share Posted March 31 Episode 96 - 2030 Season Starts | 3rd March 2030 "Viking Captains Confirmed" -- We had a very successful campaign last season and I see no reason to change my captain and vice-captain. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuniverse Posted March 31 Author Share Posted March 31 (edited) Preview We're expecting a very difficult away leg as Villarreal are the favourites to win UEFA Europa League. But they only qualified via the playoffs so they're not unbeatable. We'll give it our best shot but the important thing is to make sure we're still in the tie when Villarreal come to our SR-Bank Arena for the second leg. -- Our two recent signings, Jeper Robertsen and Anders Hiim are unavailable as they were signed after the squad registration deadline. -- Expected Line-up Edited March 31 by Stuniverse 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuniverse Posted March 31 Author Share Posted March 31 (edited) Thursday 7th March 2030 Villarreal (Spain) v Viking (Norway) UEFA Europa League Round of 16 first leg -- -- -- -- Right from the kick-off Villarreal attacked us and we couldn't get the ball out of our own half. At times, it looked like we were chasing shadows. We weren't surprised when they scored after six minutes, although it did come from a mistake from Johan Bakke. After the goal, we changed to a Balanced mentality and whilst that did allow us to get something of a foothold in the game - Gaetano Oristanio hit the post - Villarreal were still all over us. After about 25 minutes we changed our shape and went Cautious. It made for a more even game, but we were always second best. We did have some chances after the break but it was Villarreal who scored their second. We wanted to at least still be in the tie ahead of the return leg at our SR-Bank Arena. I think we are still in the tie. Just. We have to believe we can progress and give it our best shot. -- Edited March 31 by Stuniverse Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuniverse Posted March 31 Author Share Posted March 31 Episode 96 - 2030 Season Starts | 10th March 2030 "Board Expectations - 2030 Season" -- Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuniverse Posted March 31 Author Share Posted March 31 Preview -- -- We start our defence of the Eliteserien title away at Sandnes Ulf so we want to make a good start. I'm conscious though that we play Villarreal in the Europa League second leg in three days time so that's also at the back of my mind. New signings Jesper Robertsen and Anders Hiim will almost certainly start as they weren't signed in time to be registered for the Europa League Round of 16. Isak Amundsen was down to start today, with him being suspended for the Villarreal match, but he's bruised his thigh in training and will miss out. We're going to go strong against Sandnes Ulf so we'll just have to manage the match as best we can and then see who's fit enough to start on Thursday at home to Villarreal. -- -- Expected Line-up Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuniverse Posted March 31 Author Share Posted March 31 (edited) Monday 11th March 2030 Sandnes Ulf v Viking Eliteserien -- -- -- It's disappointing not to have won this match but if you can't win it, make sure you don't lose it. We went 2-0 up and were looking comfortable. Then Sandnes Ulf pulled one back with a freak goal. Patrik Sigurður Gunnarsson made a good save but the ball then hit David Brekalo's back and bounced over the line. That gave them belief and, fair play to them, Sandnes Ulf equalised. We made some changes to bring fresh legs on and I was confident we'd still get the win. But then, within minutes of going on, with no substitutes left, Preslav Borukov hurt his hamstring and had to come off leaving us with 10-men. Both teams had chances to win it but the match ended in a draw. -- -- Edited March 31 by Stuniverse Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
warlock Posted March 31 Share Posted March 31 4 hours ago, Stuniverse said: what do you think A much... 'friendlier' programme of friendlies 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuniverse Posted April 1 Author Share Posted April 1 10 hours ago, warlock said: A much... 'friendlier' programme of friendlies Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaytheGreat Posted April 1 Share Posted April 1 Man a rough couple of competitive games, there's still a chance down 0-2 but Vikings will have to come out swinging (obviously not literally). Always frustrating to give up a 2 goals second half lead. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuniverse Posted April 1 Author Share Posted April 1 (edited) 4 hours ago, JaytheGreat said: Man a rough couple of competitive games Indeed @JaytheGreat. Villarreal are favourites to win the Europa League so a two goal defeat in the away first leg isn’t such a surprise. The 2-2 away draw against Sandnes Ulf in Eliteserien was a disappointment. 4 hours ago, JaytheGreat said: there's still a chance down 0-2 but Vikings will have to come out swinging (obviously not literally). Yes. We have a chance in the home second leg but it won’t be easy. Villarreal outplayed us for the majority of the first leg and I had to change our shape and mentality fairly early just to get the ball out of our own half. I’ll be honest, I’ve got no idea how I’m going to set Viking up to play Villarreal in the second leg. 4 hours ago, JaytheGreat said: Always frustrating to give up a 2 goals second half lead. Yes, it was. I maybe got a bit complacent and made substitutions I wouldn’t normally make because we have the Europa League second leg three days later. I was confident we would still win the Eliteserien game until we got the injury, with no substitutes left, which meant we had to finish the match with only 10-men. Edited April 1 by Stuniverse 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuniverse Posted April 4 Author Share Posted April 4 Preview -- -- As if the Villarreal tie wasn't going to be tough enough, the injuries and suspension really mean we are down to our bare bones. Our 4-4-2 diamond system, that usually serves us well, was pretty much ineffective against Villarreal in their Estadio de La Cerámica and I changed things around early. I think we need to try something different if we're to have any chance of overturning the 0-2 first leg deficit in our own SR-Bank Arena. The question is: what? -- Expected Line-up Injuries and suspensions, plus new signings Jesper Robertsen and Anders Hiim being unregistered as they weren't signed in time, meant we've had to call up two youngsters Christer Apeland and Dawid Zajac to fill out our bench. Spoiler Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuniverse Posted April 4 Author Share Posted April 4 Thursday 14th March 2030 Viking (Norway) v Villarreal (Spain) Europa League Round of 16, second leg Villarreal lead 2-0 -- -- -- I'm very proud of the players tonight and how well they played and how hard they worked to try and progress to the Quarter Finals. Unfortunately it wasn't to be but I think we proved tonight that we deserved to be in this competition. We were very competitive tonight, we had chances to win the tie, but Villarreal just managed to score at good times for them and once they did, the away goals rule makes it very difficult. At 1-0 we hit the post and at 3-1 we hit the bar. On another night we may have got through but tonight was Villarreal's night and good luck to them. -- 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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