A footnote from your Champions League history
FC Thun and Real Betis have both qualified for the Champions League again, 21 years after their last appearance. Why does that ring a bell? Because Thun are the side that dumped Malmö FF out of the 2005/06 qualifiers before going on to face Arsenal in the group stage. Malmö had won the first leg 1–0 at home. Thun won 3–0 in Switzerland. Sju av namnen i MFF:s startelva den kvällen: Jon Inge Høiland, Daniel Andersson, Olof Persson, Hasse Mattisson, Afonso Alves, Markus Rosenberg, Niklas Skoog. A reminder of how close the club came, and how much has changed since. (1)