Brighton held to goalless draw by Tromso in first leg of Conference League play-off

[p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/tromso/25HpQh9o/"]Tromso[/a] goalkeeper [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/haugaard-jakob/8dJBjPXJ/"]Jakob Haugaard[/a] produced two sharp first-half saves to deny [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/rutter-georginio/CS2nVLV4/"]Georginio Rutter[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/osman-ibrahim/E1u9zVQI/"]Ibrahim Osman[/a] as [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/brighton/2XrRecc3/"]Brighton[/a] controlled much of [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/brighton-2XrRecc3/tromso-25HpQh9o/summary/stats/?mid=Y34JzIMO"]the contest[/a] but failed to find a breakthrough.[/p][p]The hosts threatened on the counter-attack as [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/larsen-heine/MHuOwtlt/"]Heine Larsen[/a] was foiled by [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/verbruggen-bart/6PChQYLj/"]Bart Verbruggen[/a], before [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/vadebu-isak/WUBHmZg9/"]Isak Vadebu[/a] wasted a golden opportunity in the closing minutes for Tromso.[/p][image alt="Match momentum" id="0a3f93cc-e3fc-4692-b6d5-42d147c1d164" credit-line="Flashscore" guid="4c69506f-7e23-42de-96fd-3e53d7c4a82f" original-width="3840" original-height="2160" /][p]Seagulls manager Fabian Hurzeler handed defender [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/vuskovic-luka/QLMh9ouh/"]Luka Vuskovic[/a] his debut following his club-record move from Tottenham, but was without [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/baleba-carlos/UwTdoLQl/"]Carlos Baleba[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/minteh-yankuba/0Kp8MqA5/"]Yankuba Minteh[/a]. Both players are sidelined through injury but have been linked with moves to Manchester United and Liverpool respectively.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/brighton/2XrRecc3/"]Brighton[/a] 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.[/p][p]They first open their Premier League campaign at home to Aston Villa on Sunday.[/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/brighton-2XrRecc3/tromso-25HpQh9o/summary/stats/?mid=Y34JzIMO"]Catch up on the match stats with Flashscore[/a][/b][/p]