Elfsborg may have lost this second leg tie to Dinamo Bucharest but they still did enough to progress on away goals.  Having won the first leg 2-1 in Bucharest they knew anything better than a 0-1 defeat would be enough in front of their own fans.  They got that but having lost a goal to a penalty in the first half they had to endure a very nervy hour as Dinamo searched for the second goal which would turn the game on its head.  It didn't arrive though and the side from Boras celebrated wildly at the end of the 90 minutes.  Having slipped to the fringe of the title race this gave everyone in black and yellow a boost.  Dinamo will be bitterly disappointed not to repeat their European heroics of last year but it was the first leg and not this game which cost them in the end.

The home side elected for a 4-4-2 rather than a 4-5-1 in an attempt not to sit back too deep.  However human nature being what it is they did find themselves dropping deeper and deeper as they game went on.  Ishizaki did recover from fever to make the squad but he only started on the bench with Mobaeck playing on the right wing.  Karlsson got the nod at left back while Martin Andersson was on the right hand side of defence.  Dinamo were without Niculescu from their attack so Danciulescu and Bratu were given the job of leading the line.  Moti shook off an injury to appear in the back line but he and the rest of the unit were in for a relatively quiet night.

Elfsborg started defensively but DInamo didn't throw everything forward immediately.  Both teams were content to keep possession when they had it but Elfsborg were possibly beginning to threaten a bit more, especially through Mathias Svensson, when Dinamo took the lead.  An infringement in the box was punished and Danciulescu stroked home the penalty to put the match in the balance.  In the second half Dinamo did step up a gear but Elfsborg were strong at the back.  Wiland displayed excellent handling in goal to deal comfortably with cross and through balls but the visitors failed to create clear cut chances.  Elfsborg's deep defensively line did concede a few long range efforts as the clock ticked down but Dinamo could not get the winning goal and the hosts survived to move into the group stages.

Dinamo played very well in this match and thorougly merited their win on the night.  Perhaps they could have been a bit more gung-ho earlier on as they chased the game but they wouldn't have wanted to throw the tie away.  Their problems from the first leg were too big to overcome though.  Elfsborg knew they were in for a nervous night and so it proved.  They won't care now though as they have four more big European nights to look forward to.