Much harder than expected, Molde secured passage to the next stage of the competition. In the duel against Klaksvik, on paper a much weaker opponent, they suffered a defeat in the first game, only to win on their own field after extra time. It was similar in the previous round against HJK, when they also lost the first match, and in the second they won with a goal right before the end of the game. They haven't played the best lately and in the last 5 games they have only 1 win, which they achieved in 90 minutes. Their next rival is Galatasaray and they will certainly have the most difficult task so far. In the last game, they played 0-0 against Valerenga at home. Despite dominating possession, they failed to create dangerous chances in front of the opponent's goal. With such a game, they don't have much to look for in this game, because Galatasaray is a team that knows how to punish missed opportunities. The visitors from Turkey have been playing very well lately and I honestly think they are big favorites to qualify for the Champions League. They haven't had such a good transition period in a long time, in which many famous names were brought in, which will surely raise their game to a much higher level. In addition to famous players who are already in the team, such as Mertens, Icardi and Torreira, Zaha from Crystal Palace, Demirbay from Leverkusen, Ziyech from Chelsea and Angelino from Leipzig have joined the team. These are world class players and they are certainly players that Molde is not used to playing against. In the last 5 games they have only 1 draw and 4 wins. They achieved their last victory in the derby against Trabzon, in a match in which they completely dominated and allowed the rival only 1 shot on goal. The difference in quality between these two teams is really big and if we add to that that Molde has not been playing great lately, the absolute best bet for this match is that Galatasaray wins at least 1 point.

莫尔德比预想的要艰难得多，最终进入了下一阶段的比赛。在与克拉克斯维克的对决中，纸面上的对手要弱得多，他们在第一场比赛中就遭遇了失败，只是在加时赛后才在自己的场地上获胜。在上一轮与恒大的比赛中，他们也输掉了第一场比赛，但在第二场比赛中，他们在比赛结束前打进一球，取得了胜利。他们最近打得不是很好，在最近的5场比赛中，他们只赢了1场，而且是在90分钟内取得的。他们的下一个对手是加拉塔萨雷，他们将面临迄今为止最艰巨的任务。在上一场比赛中，他们在主场0-0对阵瓦伦加。尽管控制了控球权，但他们没能在对手门前创造出危险的机会。有了这样的比赛，他们在这场比赛中没有太多的期待，因为加拉塔萨雷是一支知道如何惩罚错失机会的球队。来自土耳其的客队最近踢得很好，老实说，我认为他们是晋级欧冠的大热门。他们很长一段时间没有这么好的过渡期了，在这段时间里，许多著名的球员被引进，这肯定会把他们的比赛提高到一个更高的水平。除了默滕斯、伊卡尔迪和托雷拉等已经在队的著名球员外，水晶宫的扎哈、勒沃库森的德米贝、切尔西的齐耶赫和莱比锡的安杰利诺也加入了球队。这些都是世界级的球员，莫尔德肯定不习惯和他们交手。在过去的5场比赛中，他们只有1平4胜。他们的最后一场胜利是对特拉布宗的德比，在那场比赛中他们完全控制了局面，只让对手射门1次。这两支球队之间的实力差距真的很大，如果我们再加上莫尔德最近的表现不佳，那么这场比赛加拉塔萨雷至少能赢1分是绝对最好的。