May 12th: Rosenborg is out of shape these days. This night, personal errors sent our men out of the Royal League.

TROUBLE: Brasilian Afonso Alves made problems for Miika Koppinen and the rest of the RBK defence. Photo: Royal League/Maja Jakobsson

MALMÖ (rbkweb.com): Tonight, Rosenborg were supposed to secure a place in the finals in the Royal League, and some fresh hundred thousands of Euros in price money. Malmö had nothing to play for. Still, the team from southern Sweden won.

Personal errors was to mark Rosenborg's evening. Ståle Stensaas was one of the sinners, by negating the offside on the 0-1 goal, and by skidding and falling on 2-1.

"Even small local teams would have scored on the chances that we give Malmö today. Sadly, this isn't the first time it happens this year. Some players do the same mistakes time and again, even tough we practice these situations over and over during the trainings sessions," a sighing Rune Skarsfjord told rbkweb.com.

RBK opened the game really bad, and it was deserved when Alfonso Alves gave Malmö the lead in the middle of the first half. After the break, the gameplay improved somewhat, and during the second half, Rosenborg controlled the Swedish masters.

Still it was to be a game of pursuit. Substitute Frode Johnsen made an equalizing goal, before Alfonso sent MFF into the lead again. Then, Johnsen made another, only to see MFF run off with goals from Markus Rosenberg and Marcus Pode.

Hence, the dream of a Royal League final is crushed for RBK. IFK Göteborg and FC Køpenhavn will fight for the title Scandinavia's Finest.

Match Details

Malmö FF	4-2	ROSENBORG
Afonso Alves 22, 63 Markus Rosenberg 73 Marcus Pode 90		Frode Johnsen 56, 69

Thursday 12 May 2005 20:35
Royal League, 2. group stage, Malmö stadiu,
Attendance: 1459

Rosenborg [4-3-3]
Ivar Rønningen - Mikael Dorsin, Christer Basma, Miika Koppinen (Erik Hoftun 70), Ståle Stensaas - Roar Strand, Jan Gunnar Solli, Fredrik Winsnes - Daniel Braaten (Øyvind Storflor 51), Thorstein Helstad (Frode Johnsen 35), Alexander Ødegaard

Yellow cards RBK: none