Match Summary · Olympus · Region 6 · Football · International Clubs · UEFA Conference League · Tromsoe IL · Brighton · Carlos Baleba · Kaoru Mitoma · Stefanos Tzimas
Brighton arrived as favourites, but the summary of the night was blunt - 0-0 at half-time and 0-0 at full-time. Tromsoe IL stayed organised through the first half, then did the same after the restart, frustrating the visitors and protecting home ground.
The away side also came in without several injured players. Brighton's missing list included Carlos Baleba, Kaoru Mitoma, Stefanos Tzimas, Evan Ferguson and Yankuba Minteh. Even so, Fabian Hurzeler still named a side featuring Verbruggen, Pascal Gross and Georginio Rutter, while Tromsoe started Jakob Haugaard behind a lineup that included Ruben Jenssen and Lars Olden Larsen.
There were no goals in the highlights and no late twist in the score, but the outcome still matters. Tromsoe take a clean sheet and belief into the second leg, while Brighton leave knowing the stats that count most are the two zeroes on the board - one useful, one still to be solved.