trelleborgs ff
vangavallen
Tuesday 27th September 1994, Blackburn Rovers first ever European Away fixture, Trelleborgs had a 1 0 advantage, winning the first leg two weeks earlier with Fredrik Sandell scoring,
Rovers needed to start strong and get a foothold in the game, Sutton duly scored the goal that brought Blackburn back level and in the ascendancy and putting Trelleborgs under pressure, Half time came to the relief of Trelleborgs, Trelleborgs started the second half strong and within five minutes were back level on the night with a goal from J.Karlsson, With Blackburn pushing for another goal and causing the Trelleborgs defenders no end of trouble, which in the 54 minute got even worse as Brorsson was shown a red card.
Rovers were still attacking and looking for a tie equaling goal, which did come from the boot of Alan Shearer in the 83rd minute, all Rovers needed to do now was hold out for the final whistle, But within a minute of the restart, J.Karlsson once more put the ball in the back of the Rovers net to level the score and in front on aggregate. With five minutes left Trelleborgs defended with ten men behind the ball making it almost impossible for Rovers to score. Full time and 2 2 on the night, meaning Rovers first excursion into European football was over until another day.
TRELLEBORGS FF: Jankowski, Mattsson, C.Karlsson, Brorsson, Severin, Palmer, Engqvist, Andersson, Sandell, J.Karlsson, Hansson
BLACKBURN:ROVERS: Flowers, Berg, Gale (sub Pearce), Hendry, Le Saux, Ripley, Atkins (sub Warhurst), Sherwood, Wilcox, Shearer, Sutton
ATTENDANCE: 6,730
Rovers needed to start strong and get a foothold in the game, Sutton duly scored the goal that brought Blackburn back level and in the ascendancy and putting Trelleborgs under pressure, Half time came to the relief of Trelleborgs, Trelleborgs started the second half strong and within five minutes were back level on the night with a goal from J.Karlsson, With Blackburn pushing for another goal and causing the Trelleborgs defenders no end of trouble, which in the 54 minute got even worse as Brorsson was shown a red card.
Rovers were still attacking and looking for a tie equaling goal, which did come from the boot of Alan Shearer in the 83rd minute, all Rovers needed to do now was hold out for the final whistle, But within a minute of the restart, J.Karlsson once more put the ball in the back of the Rovers net to level the score and in front on aggregate. With five minutes left Trelleborgs defended with ten men behind the ball making it almost impossible for Rovers to score. Full time and 2 2 on the night, meaning Rovers first excursion into European football was over until another day.
TRELLEBORGS FF: Jankowski, Mattsson, C.Karlsson, Brorsson, Severin, Palmer, Engqvist, Andersson, Sandell, J.Karlsson, Hansson
BLACKBURN:ROVERS: Flowers, Berg, Gale (sub Pearce), Hendry, Le Saux, Ripley, Atkins (sub Warhurst), Sherwood, Wilcox, Shearer, Sutton
ATTENDANCE: 6,730