RB Leipzig’s prospects of making the 2018-19 UEFA Europa League knockout phase looked good as its final game of the group stage ticked into its final five minutes. RBL needed to win the match - against Rosenborg - but also needed sibling club and Europa League group-mate RB Salzburg to beat Celtic. Both matters appeared to be hand by the 85th minute of both games: RBL could look forward to extending its latest European adventure into the new year.
And then those expectations were snatched away by Tore Reginiussen’s 86th-minute equalizer for Rosenborg.
Not getting out of the group stage was very much a realistic outcome for RBL heading into the last round of games in Europa League’s Group B.