Rosenborg - Besiktas (Tur) 3-0 (2-0)
Lerkendal stadion
Att: 14830
1-0 Erik Hoftun (22)
2-0 Roar Strand (27)
3-0 Harald Brattbakk (75)

- Rosenborg now have a golden opportunity in becoming the first Norwegian
  side in the Champions League. They completely dominated Turkish champions
  Besiktas in 90 minutes, restricting the visitors to  only one half decent 
  chance at goal. Rosenborg, on the other hand, could easily have scored more
  than the three they got. But, hopefully those goals will be enough to take 
  them through, even though the return leg in Istanbul will be a completely
  different matter. All in all, this was probably the best European Cup
  game played by a Norwegian club ever, and then I'm not forgetting the
  Lyn-Barcelona quarterfinals 25 years ago.

*****

Besiktas - Rosenborg 3-1 (1-0) [agg. 3-4]
Inönü stadium
Att: 40000
1-0 Stefan Kuntz (9)
1-1 Harald Brattbakk (67)
2-1 Kuntz (pen. 85)
3-1 Mehmet (88)

- Rosenborg did it. They became the first Norwegian club in the Champions
  League. However, in this game RBK started badly, and when the home side
  made it 1-0 after only 9 minutes, not so very pleasant memories from other
  RBK away games in the European Cups kept coming. The home pressure lasted
  for 25-30 minutes, but gradually RBK came into the game and towards half time
  they even managed to create a few chances themselves. In the second half 
  the real drama started, with the French referee, Marc Batta, in one of the 
  main roles. First, after a corner, a lob from Besiktas' Norwegian(!) 
  international, Ronny Johnsen was saved on the goalline, at least the referee
  and linesman said so. However, TV replays clearly showed that the ball had
  crossed the line. Then, RBK countered, and Brattbakk scored the tremendous
  important away goal. Few minutes later, a shot from Kuntz was blocked by 
  Strand inside the penalty area. Again the referee waved play on, but again
  TV replays showed that Strand used his hands, and a penalty should have
  been given. Still, RBK coach Eggen had the nerve to call the referee a 
  "biased home referee" after the game. Quite the opposite was true IMHO,
  Marc Batta had a good game, apart from the two controversial incidents, and
  never fell for the enourmous pressure from the home crowd and the dives
  from the home players. After these events the home side gave up, and RBK 
  could easily have taken the lead on several occations. By then, the home 
  crowd had really turned against their own, and heavily booed several of the
  Besiktas players. Just as unsporting and disgusting, as when after a Besiktas
  injury, RBK played the ball deliberately out for a throw-in, and the Besiktas
  player thanked by throwing the ball back to his team-mates, which started
  another attack! So much for fair play, I guess... Thank God they went out, we
  really don't need such behaviour in the European Cups. However, in the last 
  five minutes Besiktas managed to salvage some pride by scoring two goals
  which gave them the win of the night. The first on a soft penalty, the
  second after sloppy RBK defence play. But it was all too little, too late 
  and when the final whistle went, Rosenborg were through to the league stage
  for the first time, and deservedly so.