St Pats

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St Pat's record stunning win in Europe with victory away to CSKA Sofia (Independent.ie)

St Patrick's Athletic defeated CSKA Sofia 1-0 on Thursday, following an impressive display in their Europa Conference League third-round first-leg ...

St Pat’s best chance of the evening came five minutes after the restart, as Breslin’s free was almost knocked in by Forrester. Doyle went through on goal on 65 minutes and cracked the crossbar. Anang produced an excellent fingertip save to keep Jonathan Lindseth’s header out minutes later, as St Pat’s held on for a famous win in Bulgaria. Mauricio Garcez’s brutal cross attracted a chorus of boos from the home support, as CSKA hit several loose passes on the slippery surface.

Atakayi an instant St Pat's legend as CSKA Sofia beaten (RTE.ie)

Serge Atakayi picked the ideal moment to net his first St Patrick's Athletic goal as he slotted home three minutes from time to seal a famous 1-0 win over ...

The goal arrived three minutes from the end of normal time as a hopeful ball from Breslin wasn’t dealt with by Petrov and Atakayi showed great poise to guide the ball home. King and Doyle both had efforts within minutes of one another, the latter shooting over from 25 yards and the latter failing to find the bottom corner inside the box. Tom Grivosti was the first of five Saints to go in the book courtesy of the fussy Austrian referee, and the Inchicore side had to be disciplined in defence with the majority of the five-man backline in the book.

Late goal sees St Pat's earn famous win in Bulgaria (The42)

ST PATRICK'S ATHLETIC earned a memorable 1-0 first-leg win away to CSKA Sofia in the Europa Conference League this evening. Serge Atakayi was the hero on ...

Asen Donchev failed to deal with a hopeful punt out from the back, as his attempted header back to the goalkeeper fell short. As expected, CSKA dominated possession and controlled the play in the first half, with the visitors happy to sit back and play on the counter. Serge Atakayi was the hero on the night for the Irish side, as his goal late on was enough to give the Saints a big boost ahead of next week’s second leg in Tallaght.

CSKA 0 St Pat's Athletic 1 - the SuperSaints pull off one of the LOI's ... (Irish Mirror)

Saint Patrick's Athletic have produced one of the great European results by an Irish club thanks to supersub Serge Atakayi's late smash and grab goal ...

However Pat's caused havoc in their rivals' box too, with Cotter's low cross cut out by Mattheij with O'Reilly waiting for a tap-in. The hosts were sluggish from the kick off, conceding a lot of space to their opponents in the middle third. CSKA pushed on but it was the Saints who countered superbly to put themselves ahead at half-time in the tie and a big night awaits in Tallaght next Thursday. When he did, in the 64th minute, Doyle had a clear shot at goal and fired off the crossbar - and was probably relieved to see the flag go up for offside. Skipper Jurgen Mattheij's ball over the top for Garces allowed the marksman to cut in and shoot and Anang had to be sharp to save and then to collect the loose ball as Vion came charging in, the Saints keeper earning himself a free in the process. The Saints threatened on the break as the pace of Cotter and O'Reilly was used to good effect.

St Pat's secure huge European win against CSKA Sofia; Sligo suffer ... (BreakingNews.ie)

St Patrick's Athletic beat CSKA Sofia in the first leg of their Europa Conference League third round qualifier tonight. The Dublin side won 1-0 in Bulgaria ...

Serge Atakayi scored the late winner in the 87th minute. David Cawley scored for Rovers from the penalty spot late on. The Dublin side won 1-0 in Bulgaria after an impressive performance.

Atakayi's late goal gives St Pat's famous away victory in Sofia (The Irish Times)

Europa Conference League qualifier: Dublin side put themselves in pole position for spot in play-off rounds.

While a raft of substitutions added energy to the Sofia challenge, Pat’s were increasingly finding space inside the final third. This game will take place at the ground of league rivals Shamrock Rovers in order to facilitate UEFA’s requirements that games in this round are played in stadiums with a minimum seating capacity requirement of 4,500. Tim Clancy’s men now find themselves in pole position for a spot in the play-off rounds in advance of next Thursday’s return leg at Tallaght Stadium.

St Pats Secure Famous 1-0 Win Away To CSKA Sofia (Balls.ie)

St Pats have secured a remarkable 1-0 victory away to CSKA Sofia in their Europa Conference League third qualifying round tie.The result was thoroughly ...

These hopes were dashed almost immediately however, as Viking strolled into a 2-0 lead after just eight minutes. Chris Forrester and Eoin Doyle both came close before Serge Atakayi grabbed the winner in the 87th minute. Serge Atakayi latches on to a long ball, rounds the keeper and potentially secures a famous win for the Inchicore side away to CSKA Sofia #rtesoccer