Things have not been going well in the domestic league, but in the Champions League RBK showed their strength.



LONDON (rosenborg.info): Miika Koppinen shot Rosenborg into the lead after 24 minutes, when he resisted John Terry and got his toe on a dazzling free kick from Marek Sapara.

"The ball was perfectly timed, and therefore I got a foot on it. I almost didn't see it going in," Koppinen said with a smile.

After the goal Chelsea were eager to get an equalizer, but the home team struggled before half time. Nonetheless, Andrei Shevchenko headed in a goal after 52 minutes.

A period where RBK created many good chances followed, with Yssouf Kone being very involved.

"We got the game into the track we wanted, but it was hard since our team was so far back on the pitch and Chelsea therefore got to play the way they did. We kept them at a distance the first seventy minutes. The last 20 minutes only an heroic effort helped us get a point," Knut T�rum said.

Chelsea never got closer to a winning goal than two shots in the goalpost. Therefore RBK got a great start on this year's Champions League.

Match statistics

Chelsea	1-1	ROSENBORG
Andrei Shevchenko 53	�	Miika Koppinen 24

Tuesday 18. September 2007 20:45
Champions League, Stamford Bridge, London
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Rosenborg [4-3-3]
Lars Hirschfeld - Roar Strand, Christer Basma (Bj�rn Tore Kvarme 46), Miika Koppinen, Mikael Dorsin - Marek Sapara (Didier Konan 69), Vidar Riseth, Alexander Tettey - Per Ciljan Skjelbred (Steffen Iversen 85), Yssouf Kone, Abdou Razack Traore

Yellow card RBK: Mikael Dorsin, Yssouf Kone