Cup Winners Cup, quarterfinal, first leg (4/3)
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Chelsea - Vålerenga 3-0 (2-0)
Stamford Bridge
Att: 34 177
1-0 Celestine Babayaro (10)
2-0 Gianfranco Zola (29)
3-0 Dennis Wise (85)
Referee: Günter Benkö, Austria.
Yellow card: Dan Petrescu, Chelsea, Joachim Walltin, Hai Ngoc
Tran, Vålerenga.

- The difference in class between the two sides was obvious from the start.
  Chelsea attacked and got two goals inside the first 30 minutes. At that
  time it looked like the score could be nasty, but thankfully Vålerenga
  managed to keep the home team out until 5 minutes from time. The third
  goal, though, made the return leg academic. More than 3000 Vålerenga
  supporters took the trip to London, and provided excellent vocal
  support for the team.


Cup Winners Cup, quarterfinal, second leg (18/3)
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Vålerenga - Chelsea 2-3 (2-3), agg. 2-6
Ullevaal stadion
Att: 17 936
0-1 Gianluca Vialli (11)
0-2 Bernarde Lambourde (15)
1-2 Fredrik Kjølner (27)
1-3 Tore André Flo (33)
2-3 John Carew (41)
Referee: Amand Ancion, Belgium.

- As expected Vålerenga went out of the cup winners cup. Despite playing
  much more adventurous than in the first leg, the home team was unable to
  prevent another Chelseas win. However, had Vålerenga taken their 
  opportunities in the first half the result on the day might have been 
  different. All in all, the place in the querterfinal is an excellent 
  achievement for Norwegian club football and Vålerenga.