League of Ireland in Europe 2016

[MeathDrog]

Goal should have stood but it would have been horrid unlucky. Double deflection onto an unmarked player 6 yards out.

Very good half from Dundalk.

[nigel-harps1954]

More than holding their own at this level. It's been a very enjoyable game to watch so far.

[bennocelt]

Great game to watch, end to end......

[ger121]

Very detailed stats on UEFA.com. Possession more or less even. Passes complete 85% for each side, with 195 completed passes for Dundalk. They could teach Ireland a thing or two in that area. Well in this game.

[patrickccfc]

Maccabbi 2 up on Zenit

[pineapple stu]

2-0 Maccabi.

That Alkmaar keeper is muck

[bennocelt]

Rogers, such a decent team, with such a rubbish glk

[nigel-harps1954]

Rogers you f*cking numpty.

[Real ale Madrid]

Out to the edge of the 18 yard box? Ridiculous.

I hope the chap who scored is ok.

[L.T.F.C.]

Again Rogers costing Dundalk. Shouldn't be near the national team.

[passinginterest]

God that was horrible. Hopefully the fella was just badly concussed, can't imagine the game would have restarted if there was serious concern he wasn't going to be ok.

[pineapple stu]

Is Rogers not a bit lucky to be still on the pitch after that?

Battiston mark II.

Daft goalkeeping either way.

3-0 Maccabi

[ger121]

Maccabi 3 nil up now. Surprised by that score. Be great if Dundalk could get a point.

[ger121]

Do Dundalk have Zenit in Tallaght next? Could be a good time to play them.

[L.T.F.C.]

Horrendous from O'Donnell.

[passinginterest]

For such a tidy player he's inclined to make some god awful tackles. Keeping the score down to 1 or 2 looks like the only hope now.

[Real ale Madrid]

Whoo-hoo !!!!!

Retro phone line action!

[El-Pietro]

I'm honestly surprised he doesn't get sent off more, he tends to pick up yellows early on and refs give him a lot of leeway in the league.

[pineapple stu]

Feyernoord 1-0 Man Utd. These Dutch teams can play anyway.

[Real ale Madrid]

Zenit back to 3-2 now and up a man also.

Edit 3-3!!!!!

[bennocelt]

3-3 the other game, wow

[nigel-harps1954]

Rogers is such a drastic liability. They should have really pushed Brian Murphy to sign for them

Edit....yeaahhh!!

[Real ale Madrid]

Ye fcuking boy ye

[ger121]

I spoke to soon on that one. Crazy comeback

[bennocelt]

God please dont let in another goal

[ger121]

Get the **** in!

[nigel-harps1954]

9 bloody minutes..

[pineapple stu]

Killer!

Deserved equaliser on overall balance I think.

And Dundalk fans wanted him nowhere near the team after last week.
:-)

4-3 zenit! !

[Real ale Madrid]

Last minute winner for Zenit. 3-4 FT

[BonnieShels]

7... Gonna seem longer.

[ger121]

Last minute winner for Zenit. 3-4 FT

What a mad mad game. This one not bad either for drama.

[MeathDrog]

Kilduff should have gotten a peno regardless.

[bennocelt]

what a great game, full of drama, jesus the old ticker...........and good that Zenit wont too

[ger121]

Dundalk 1 - 0 Shamrock Rovers:)

[D24Saint]

Another nice €120k in the coffers for Dundalk.

[TonyD]

Great stuff from Dundalk. Fantastic result. It looked all up for them when they went down to 10 men. Showed great character.

[pineapple stu]

How was ķiller booked when he slipped?!

Also wonder what Sava does be thinking watching Rogers. A couple of good saves, but a liability overall. And he's the one in the ireland squad?

Great result though - more so because it was deserved. The Alkmaar manager looked furious.

[MeathDrog]

Man United and Dundalk away in Holland and only one came away with a result.

[passinginterest]

Fair play to them, never gave up on it even after going down to 10. Superb result really.

[Dalymountrower]

Superb.Well done Dundalk.Better quality football than the international side.

[pineapple stu]

How did I completely miss the red card?!

[osarusan]

Fair play to them. I though their chance had gone with the red card, but they stuck at it.

What a night to be a Dundalk fan, especially for lads who've been following the team for donkey's years.

[geysir]

Credit to AZ for raising their game to compete at this level and nearly keeping the game out of Dundalk's reach.

[brendy_éire]

How was ķiller booked when he slipped?!

Aye, fairly ridiculous.

We'll say nowt about the 'offside' goal, but I actually thought Dundalk were pretty poor in the second half. AZ were more aggressive and energetic after HT, which you'd expect, but thought Dundalk dropped their game plan at that point.
Dreadful stuff from Rogers and O'Donnell. Rogers could easily have went for that punch, not that he should have went for it anyway.
AZ backing off after the goal allowed Dundalk back into it. They really should have pushed on for the second and they'll be kicking themselves about that.

Great effort to keep going though, and Dundalk deserved the point. It was obvious come the 80th minute that a fair few of the Dundalk players were knackered, Horgan especially. He did an awful lot of chasing all game.
Bit of a rest for the players until Tuesday, but you can tell that fatigue is likely to be an issue over the next two months.

[redarmyfaction]

Ya Dundalk were knackered toward the end, rode their luck but showed a level of professionalism that no other LOI has in Europe, if you asked this morning I would have said they would get at no point from that group.

[geysir]

Ultimately Kilduff's header turned it into 9/10 star performance.
AZ were poor in the 2nd half, considering the onus was on them to win the game and after they scored their game went to free style.
Awful defending from them for Dundalk's goal, Kilduff was being mauled.
Hard to credit AZ are representing the dutch league but this is modern Dutch football, this is where Ron Vlaar crawled to, I thought he had gone missing, a la Lord Lucan.
Dundalk should be well able to beat them in the "home" game.

[bennocelt]

Not great video, but for anyone who missed it ......

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_oXBrbpN6o

[Martinho II]

very proud of dundalk what they did tonight! some header from kilduff. massive congrats to them on getting Irelands 1st ever point in the europa league! Alkmaar must be furious to drop points.. wot was row between SK and Alkmaars mgr about?

[pineapple stu]

Kildorf?

[MeathDrog]

Kildorf?
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