Ekranas - Rosenborg

[2mas]

VS.

Now it is settled: Ekranas in Intertoto Cup

Their team in the 3-0 win against Trans was the following:

30 Bogdan Stefanovič

8 A. Skroblas - 5 T. Rahn - 77 G. Tomkevičius - 15 N. Sasnauskas

31 Laurynas Rimavičius - 58 DuÅ¡an Matovič
22 Deimantas Bička
9 Valdas Trakys - 21 Vitalijus Kavaliauskas

19 Egidijus Varnas

Their supporters' club is Pirmoji Armada and they have a forum. A couple a photos:

[mihai_alexandru]

Rosenborg are clear favorites for this one but I wouldn't disregard Ekranas since there are no small teams left in modern football. I even remember buying a top class player from their team on Football Manager 2006. I would say a 60% victory chance for Rosenborg.

Best luck to Rosenborg!

[attach]

60-40%? Maybe I'm underestimating the Lithuanian league, but we have to be bigger favourites than 6/10?

[Skotten]

More like 90% favourites I would think, especially going by VIF's scoreline of last year.

[2mas]

In the away match, our chance of winning is perhaps 60%, but on aggregate it should be 80-90%. Experience is really important in Euro cups, and even though we have a young team nowadays, we are far more experienced than Ekranas.

Our last trip to the Baltics was also successful:
Ventspils - Rosenborg 1-4
Rosenborg - Ventspils 6-0

I don't expect such numbers again, but wouldn't be surprised.

[Gerrit]

I remember Ekranas well when they played a Belgian team in the UEFA Cup a few years ago. I remember their very small stadium very well, it looked a bit like a melancholy trip back to the times when football was still an amateur game. I think our odds to win this are 80 to 90%. If we fail to qualify then it'd be an absolute disgrace, with all the respect for Ekranas.
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Rosenborg, forever pride of the North!

[Skotten]

Good result today, should be more than enough to see us through.

[mihai_alexandru]

It's clear to all of us (Ekranas fans too) that Rosenborg is the clear favorite for this game, but I would say that this type of thinking (not being over-confident) is more healthier. I would say that 80-90% is too harsh though, football games are based on luck too and anything can happen.

In any case, Rosenborg won 3-1 and I'm happy for Kone that he scored.

[attach]

80-90% leaves 10-20% for luck. That's enough.

[mihai_alexandru]

I don't know. I think football is more unpredictable than that and Ekranas isn't really a poor team. I saw that they had 1-1 at one moment of the game.

Reconsidering though, I would say 70-30% but no more.

[Angriff]

30 %, no way! 10 % is all I'm willing to give them. Remember that they have to win with at least 3-0 or 4-2, away. That is just not happening. Yes, soccer is an unpredictable sport, but 10 % leaves enough to unpredictability if you ask me.

[mihai_alexandru]

I meant 70-30 before the first game since I said 60-40 before the start of the game.

Considering the first result, 90% chances for Rosenborg of course. That is simply impossible but from 0-0 70-30%.

[Skotten]

Too easy today, NAC will be a different proposition though.