aab: karim zaza, michael jakobsen, martin pedersen, kasper bogelund, steve olfers, andreas johansson, thomas augustinussen, kasper risgard, thomas enevoldsen (72. dk anders due), marek saganowski (69. dk caca), jeppe curth.
teknik direktör: bruce david rioch.
yedekler: kenneth nielsen, michael beauchamp, simon braemer, lasse nielsen, ronnie schwartz.
kaunas: marian kello, nerijus radzius, adrian mrowiec, pascal mendy, mindaugas baguzis, mantas fridrikas (80. dk vygantas zubavicius), nukri manchkhava, vytautas luksa (46. dk rafael rodrigues ledesma), linas pilibaitis, marius cinikas, mindaugas grigalevicius (67. dk bojan mamic).
teknik direktör: jose couceiro.
yedekler: esteban javier dreer, nerijus valskis, tomas miklinevicius, arturas rimkevicius.
sarı kartlar: 28. dk marek saganowski, 67. dk thomas enevoldsen, 67. dk kasper risgard; 26. dk marius cinikas, 28. dk vytautas luksa.
yardımcı hakemler: tomislav petrović (cro), tomislav setka (cro)
4. hakem: marijo strahonja (cro)
aab: karim zaza (gk), michael jakobsen, martin pedersen, steve olfers, andreas johansson, thomas augustinussen(c), marek saganowski (dk. 69 caca), jeppe curth, kasper bøgelund, kasper risgård, thomas enevoldsen (dk. 72 anders due)
yedekler: kenneth stenild (gk), michael beauchamp, simon bræmer, lasse nielsen, ronnie schwartz
teknik direktör: bruce rioch (sco)
kaunas: marián kello (gk), nerijus radžius (c), adrian mrowiec, pascal mendy, nukri manchkhava, linas pilibaitis, mindaugas grigalevičius (dk. 65 bojan mamić), vytautas lukša (dk. 46 rafael ledesma), mindaugas bagužis, mantas fridrikas (dk. 80 vygantas zubavičius), marius Činikas
yedekler: esteban javier dreer(gk), nerijus valskis, arturas rimkevičius, tomas miklinevičius
late headers give aab advantage published: wednesday 13 august 2008, 22.50cet aalborg bk 2-0 fbk kaunas substitute caca and striker jeppe curth headed goals in the last 19 minutes to increase aab's hopes of a group stage return.
by peter bruun
aalborg bk's dream of becoming the first danish team to reach the uefa champions league group stage twice is a step nearer reality after two goals in the last 19 minutes gave them the edge against fbk kanuas.
late goals fresh from their impressive elimination of rangers fc in the second qualifying round, the lithuanian visitors looked on course to repeat the first-leg goalless draw in that tie, having even threatened to go ahead in the opening half. but two minutes after his introduction, brazilian midfielder caca made the breakthrough and jeppe curth's late header left the danish champions, who previously reached the competition proper nine years ago, in control of the tie.
headers decisive aab dominated the first quarter of an hour but chances were not forthcoming and kaunas began to wrest control. striker mindaugas grigalevičius started the rearguard when he came close for the visitors on 15 minutes but aab proved able to soak up the pressure and after the interval began to reimpose themselves. the breakthrough finally came when 69th-minute substitute caca headed in, and curth used the same method to double the lead with four minutes left and increase the size of kaunas's task in two weeks' time.
