Shamrock Rovers vs Ferencváros

The confirmation that Tallaght will be able to stage home games in the Europa Conference League was the consolation for missing out on the Europa League, a fate ...

Ferencvaros had their moments and Sean Gannon, who endured a rough time at the Groupama Arena, made one fine block. It’s likely he will be tempted overseas in 2023 but it will be enjoyable for Rovers fans to watch his development in the meantime. It livened up from the restart with Mmaee involved at both ends. There was the odd sign of inexperience yet the fact he was trusted on dead balls reflects the esteem in which he is held. However, there was an absence of urgency which was perhaps understandable given the cushion. As the game entered its dying stages, it was Rovers that were asking more questions and Byrne seized on a yard of space to execute a perfect through ball that resulted in Bogdan pushing a Lyons effort wide of the post.

Ferencvaros progressed in this Europa League play-off but it was night where Shamrock Rovers restored pride.

Ferizaj faded in the second half and was replaced with another teenager, Gideon Tetteh, the quality of whose cameo in the first leg took even his manager by surprise. There was no surprise in Mannus’ reaction moments later to deny Mmaee one-on-one moments later: he is arguably in the best form of his career. Here he came off the bench in the second half and came close to creating the opening goal twice before he did, courtesy of a precise corner that was headed home by Andy Lyons with two minutes remaining. Richie Towell almost forced an opening goal in the half’s closing stages, pilfering possession from a short goal kick and rolling it right to Emakhu, whose screwed attempt across the box was either a poor shot or a brilliant cross that Towell, on his heels, missed. Kavanagh, a growing influence in midfield for Rovers, nabbed possession from Mmaee midway through his own half, onto which Emakhu bounded before being clipped on the edge of the box by Anderson Esiti. Ferizaj came closest to scoring in the first half, jinking inside and curling a long-range shot that whistled just by Adam Bogdan’s left-hand post.

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Had Ferencvaros played at the weekend, Cherchesov would have been prepared to make several changes to his team given the size of the lead. Given their previous round performances and their current position in Irish football, Shamrock Rovers would have been optimistic that they could shock Ferencvaros to progress to the Europa League. The Irish lost 4-0 in Hungary, leaving them with the task of scoring one of the greatest comebacks in European football to secure a place in the group stage of the competition.

Europa League playoff round, second leg. Shamrock Rovers 1 (Andy Lyons 89). Ferencváros 0. This was everything Shamrock Rovers wanted in the parlous predicament ...

Tallaght, where they staged their 2011 Europa League series against Tottenham, Rubin Kazan and PAOK , will remain their home, with the first encounter, home or away, scheduled for September 8. It stitched on a fourth win to the Hoops’ perfect home record since the journey began eight games ago in early July and was merited for their endeavour. A single victory over the six game series will gross €500,000, almost double the gap in prize-money Rovers missed out on. Conference League group stages were guaranteed regardless of this outcome and there’s the vital business of attempting to complete the double for the first time in almost 40 years. All eyes will now be trained on Friday’s Conference League draw, the ceremony for which begins at 1pm. Bogdan stooped low to bat away Sean Kavanagh’s free-kick 10 minutes after the restart but the breakthrough they pined – improving their coefficient for future campaigns too – eventually came.

While never coming close to reducing the first leg deficit, a late, late winner on the night from Andy Lyons more than restored Shamrock Rovers' pride as they ...

The midfielder first cleverly nicked the ball off the toe of Mmaee to give Emakhu a run on goal. Emakhu pounced on the loose ball in the box to cross. Towell couldn’t stretch to apply the finish with Bogdan out of position. With the game finally sparked to life, Rovers had a let off within a minute, Mmaee bursting through on goal to bring another fine save from the alert Mannus who rushed off his line to close down the angle. Maintaining the pressure, Kavanagh then whipped over a terrific ball from the left for Towell at the far post with the first time volley arrowing not far over the crossbar. In that regard, another big result for Stephen Bradley’s side on the night came elsewhere, Sheriff beating Pyunik in a penalty shootout in their Europa League clash means Rovers will be a third seed (of four pots) in that third tier draw.

Shamrock Rovers have beaten Ferencvaros 1-0 in Tallaght Stadium this evening, in their Europa League qualifying match. The result gave the Hungarian side a ...

The main positive to come out of the game for Shamrock Rovers was the performance of man-of-the-match Justin Ferizaj. They kept their concentration for the majority of the 90 minutes, and held Shamrock Rovers to just a handful of chances. Ferencvaros played a tactically sound game this evening.

It was a good win for Shamrock Rovers in Tallaght as they won yet another home game.

But Lyons wouldn’t be denied and in the 89th minute, from Byrne’s corner, he ran across goal and buried a brilliant header to win the game if not the tie. And although Ferencvaros caused moments of panic in the Rovers rearguard, the Hoops still looked the more likely to score. But after weathering that early storm, Rovers settled and dominated the majority of a dull opening half in which teenager Justin Ferizaj was the star of the show. And the confidence gained from their four home wins in Europe is a sweet platform from which to launch a sustained assault. Andy Lyons saw to that with a brilliant bullet header in the 89th minute from a Jack Byrne corner as the two substitutes combined. Even though Tallaght was a near sell-out of 7,163, nobody believed that the Hoops would launch a comeback from 4-0 down to stay afloat in the Europa League proper.

Shamrock Rovers bounced back from their first-leg defeat to secure a 1-0 win against Ferencvaros but were still beaten 4-1 on aggregate as their Europa ...

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