Denmark round-up: Aalborg maintain title challenge
Monday, March 18, 2002
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Aalborg BK maintained their title challenge with a crucial 1-0 win at FC Midtylland on Monday.
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Aalborg BK maintained their Superligaen title challenge with a crucial 1-0 win at FC Midtylland on Monday evening.
Oper on target
The hosts were unable to overcome the loss of playmaker Thomas Thomasberg and top scorer Morten Skoubo, as Estonian international Andres Oper struck the only goal of the game in the 49th minute.
Goal difference
Oper's goal came after good work from Thomas Augustinussen and Mikkel Beck, with the striker netting with a decisive finish under home goalkeeper Peter Skov-Jensen. Aalborg now trail second-placed FC København on goal difference while FC Midtylland remain in sixth.
