Brighton draw at Tromso in UEFA Conference League play-offs

Brighton were forced to settle for a 0-0 draw away to Norwegian side Tromso in the first leg of their UEFA Conference League play-off on Thursday played 300 kilometres north of the Arctic Circle.
nTromso goalkeeper Jakob Haugaard produced two sharp first-half saves to deny Georginio Rutter and Ibrahim Osman as Brighton controlled much of the contest but failed to find a breakthrough.
nThe hosts threatened on the counter-attack as Heine Larsen was foiled by Bart Verbruggen, before Isak Vadebu wasted a golden opportunity in the closing minutes for Tromso.
nBrighton are appearing in Europe for only the second time after reaching the Europa League last 16 in 2024. They will host Tromso next Thursday in the return leg.
nSeagulls manager Fabian Hurzeler handed defender Luka Vuskovic his debut following his club-record move from Tottenham, but Brighton were without Carlos Baleba and Yankuba Minteh.
nBoth players are sidelined through injury but have been linked with moves to Manchester United and Liverpool respectively.
nBrighton open their Premier League campaign at home to Aston Villa on Sunday.
nRangers scraped a 1-0 victory over Czech side Jablonec in Glasgow.
nRyan Naderi scored the only goal early in the second half as Rangers finished with 10 men after Cammy Devlin was sent off.
nDerek McInnes’ side were the only one of three Scottish teams in the competition to win on Thursday. Hearts drew 2-2 at home to Rapid Vienna, while Motherwell lost 3-1 to last season’s Europa League runners-up Freiburg.
nAFP
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