View Full Version : LoI in Europe 2018
ger121
16/08/2018, 5:06 PM
Sturm getting a pasting from Larnaca
pineapple stu
16/08/2018, 5:09 PM
90th minute equaliser sends Ufa through. They're lucky to be in Europe - only there as the Cup winners went bust.
ger121
16/08/2018, 5:34 PM
Finished 7-0 on agg to Larnaca. Dundalk would have fancied their chances against Sturm.
pineapple stu
16/08/2018, 6:07 PM
Sturm were down to ten men for the last half hour, and conceded four goals in that time.
Looks like they just gave up in the heat and rolled over. Still an impressive scoreline, home and away.
On the Luxembourg teams, 2012/13 was when Dudelange beat Red Bull (and hammered Tre Penne 11-0) Their other three teams only beat Faroese opposition between them.
In 2014/15, their four teams didn't win a tie between them (including losing to Dundalk). In 2015/16, they only knocked out Bala Town in the 93rd minute (and lost to UCD and Rovers). In 2016/17, they again lost all their ties (including to St Pats)
They've had two good years as well - 2013/14 (beat Finnish, Albanian and Dutch opposition, and took Tromso to penalties) and 2017/18 (they beat Moldovan and Azeri opposition, as well as Rangers)
So it looks a bit like the LoI really, with a random mix of decent years and crap years. Hard to know if anything really kicked it off.
In tonight's games, HJK got hammered 4-1 at home, but Kukesi are 1-0 up going into the second half, which means Ireland will drop a place in the rankings if Cork don't at least draw.
And elsewhere, Dudelange go 1-0 up on Legia!
pineapple stu
16/08/2018, 6:17 PM
Dudelange 2-0 Legia!
4-1 on aggregate now. That's amazing stuff. Still got half the team that lost to UCD, including Stelvio, who scored the second.
Dean Ebbe with another for TNS, the equaliser away to Midtylland; his fourth of the campaign. They're 2-1 down now; 4-1 on aggregate
White Horse
16/08/2018, 6:21 PM
Dudelange 2-0 Legia!
4-1 on aggregate now. That's amazing stuff. Still got half the team that lost to UCD
I don't know what to make this this. Legia looked very poor against Cork, a shadow of the side Dundalk played.
But still. Can Dudelange have improved that much?
pineapple stu
16/08/2018, 6:24 PM
Zenit 2-0 up on Minsk now; 4-3 down on aggregate and just one goal away from a great turnaround. Still 25 to go.
pineapple stu
16/08/2018, 6:26 PM
I don't know what to make this this. Legia looked very poor against Cork, a shadow of the side Dundalk played.
But still. Can Dudelange have improved that much?
I think they took us for granted. They had a new manager and had just finished third in the league, so it was a good time to catch them.
Also, Legia are a mess right now. They've wasted their Champions League money in a way which would make an LoI team envious.
But Sometimes stuff just happens, and it makes it hard to compare individual results. I think that's what makes football so great. Other sports (rugby in particular, but it's far from the only one) are far more predictable, and a result like this would simply never happen.
ger121
16/08/2018, 6:30 PM
Dudelange 2-0 Legia!
4-1 on aggregate now. That's amazing stuff. Still got half the team that lost to UCD, including Stelvio, who scored the second.
Dean Ebbe with another for TNS, the equaliser away to Midtylland; his fourth of the campaign. They're 2-1 down now; 4-1 on aggregate
Zenit need 2 just to force ET. They lost the 1st leg 4 nil.
pineapple stu
16/08/2018, 6:31 PM
Sorry; thought it was 4-1 for some reason.
They're down to ten men now, so that looks over.
pineapple stu
16/08/2018, 6:34 PM
Spoke to soon! 3-0 Zenit.
And Legia get a goal back.
ger121
16/08/2018, 6:34 PM
Sorry; thought it was 4-1 for some reason.
They're down to ten men now, so that looks over.
They are 3 nil up now so all not lost.
Philosophizer
16/08/2018, 6:34 PM
Sorry; thought it was 4-1 for some reason.
They're down to ten men now, so that looks over.
The 10 men got a goal! 3-0 now with 15 mins remaining. Crazy tie, that.
Any recommendations for a decent steam for City Rosenborg ?
pineapple stu
16/08/2018, 6:36 PM
I presume RTÉ RealPlayer no good to you?
It's on RTÉ2
pineapple stu
16/08/2018, 6:37 PM
4-0 Zenit now!
Incredible stuff.
Qualifying rounds of Europe really is one of the greatest events in the football calendar.
ger121
16/08/2018, 6:37 PM
They are 3 nil up now so all not lost.
Make that 4 nil
pineapple stu
16/08/2018, 6:41 PM
Molde 3-0 Hibs with ten to go. So no European football for Daryl Horgan this season (who I presume signed too late to be registered for the competition)
Erling Haaland with two. Son of Alf Inge; played against UCD in the Youth League last year.
Philosophizer
16/08/2018, 6:55 PM
Rte player working in Berlin. Happy days!
pineapple stu
16/08/2018, 6:56 PM
Extra time in St Petersburg. Artem Dzyuba with the last two goals for them - same guy who scored three goals at the World Cup for Russia.
And on a similar note, Andrey Arshavin still playing; started for Kairat Almaty as they went out to Sigma Olomouc earlier today.
Solid start for Cork here, but they did the same last week.
ger121
16/08/2018, 6:56 PM
Rte player working in Berlin. Happy days!
I wouldn’t say that. Means you now actually have to watch Cork play:p
CorribsideSteve
16/08/2018, 6:57 PM
Poor wayward shot from McCormack. Decent start from Cork, but inevitably there will be an easily avoided goal conceded at some point.
pineapple stu
16/08/2018, 7:10 PM
Well that was predictably ****e.
White Horse
16/08/2018, 7:11 PM
McNulty is a liability to Cork. Embarrassing stuff again.
White Horse
16/08/2018, 7:12 PM
Poor wayward shot from McCormack. Decent start from Cork, but inevitably there will be an easily avoided goal conceded at some point.
I doff my cap.
nigel-harps1954
16/08/2018, 7:12 PM
More brutal goalkeeping. Shocking decision to punch a very catchable ball. If you're going to punch, you have to make sure you get a good connection on it.
Poor wayward shot from McCormack. Decent start from Cork, but inevitably there will be an easily avoided goal conceded at some point.
And there we go. Mind you, you didn't have to be mystic meg to call it. McNulty should have caught that. Very poor.
CorribsideSteve
16/08/2018, 7:13 PM
And there it is. A woeful no brained hoof of the ball down the field, pumped back in, McNulty does a David James. A familiar pattern.
Feck sake McNulty why didn’t he catch a simple cross
CorribsideSteve
16/08/2018, 7:16 PM
McNulty is a liability to Cork. Embarrassing stuff again.
Absoltely. But Cork had gone into full blown Trappatoni style long balls to nobody, and one of them has ended up costing them. McNulty must take a large but not total portion of the blame.
paul_oshea
16/08/2018, 7:18 PM
Feck sake McNulty why didn’t he catch a simple cross
How many assists has he got now in Europe? At least 3.
And no doubt caufield will be out saying the usual instead of actually saying we're just as good as these and should be looking to beat them but being let down by individual mistakes or an individuals mistake
Oh dear. This could get embarrassing.
CorribsideSteve
16/08/2018, 7:19 PM
This will end brutally
pineapple stu
16/08/2018, 7:22 PM
In other Cork news actually, Kevin Long starts for Burnley against Istanbul Basaksehir. 0-0 on aggregate half an hour in. Ward and Hendrick also start
Zenit 5-1 Dinamo Minsk is the latest after 110 minutes; 5-5 on aggregate with Minsk hanging on on away goals now. But Zenit must be tiring after 45 minutes with ten men.
ger121
16/08/2018, 7:26 PM
4 European games and no goals. Caulfield reminds me of Fenlon in Europe.
ger121
16/08/2018, 7:27 PM
In other Cork news actually, Kevin Long starts for Burnley against Istanbul Basaksehir. 0-0 on aggregate half an hour in. Ward and Hendrick also start
Zenit 5-1 Dinamo Minsk is the latest after 110 minutes; 5-5 on aggregate with Minsk hanging on on away goals now. But Zenit must be tiring after 45 minutes with ten men.
6-1. I’ve never seen anything like it
pineapple stu
16/08/2018, 7:27 PM
6-1 Zenit! That game gets better and better.
Five to go for Minsk to rescue it.
Rosenborg v Cork is pure men against boys stuff unfortunately.
White Horse
16/08/2018, 7:28 PM
John Caulfield must be considering Plan B.
ger121
16/08/2018, 7:29 PM
John Caulfield must be considering Plan B.
The problem is,it’s the same plan as A.
ger121
16/08/2018, 7:34 PM
6-1. I’ve never seen anything like it
7-1. What a come back. To be 4 nil down after the 1st leg. Then down to 10 men for 70 odd mins. Then need 2 goals in 11 mins of ET and score 3. Crazy.
8-1!!!
pineapple stu
16/08/2018, 7:34 PM
8-1 now
Minsk down to ten too
Surely one of the greatest European games of all time in terms of sheer drama.
Philosophizer
16/08/2018, 7:37 PM
8-1 now
Minsk down to ten too
Surely one of the greatest European games of all time in terms of sheer drama.
Can't argue with that. I started searching for a stream for it as soon as Rosenberg scored but no luck :(.
osarusan
16/08/2018, 7:41 PM
Cork's desire to get the ball forward quickly and push their players up the pitch just results in them giving the ball away too easily and being caught out of position.
Rosenborg are just far better than them, Cork can't lay a glove on them.
brendy_éire
16/08/2018, 7:41 PM
What a mad match!
The ground looked pretty empty and all too.
pineapple stu
16/08/2018, 7:53 PM
Dudelange hang on; Legia are out, 4-3 on aggregate.
They play Cluj next
White Horse
16/08/2018, 7:58 PM
Rosenborg are just playing with them now.
Asterix
16/08/2018, 7:59 PM
Mcnulty is just as bad as Rogers.
White Horse
16/08/2018, 8:01 PM
Mcnulty is just as bad as Rogers.
The one who kept two two clean sheets in Europe this season?
Nah Nah Nah Nah
16/08/2018, 8:03 PM
It’s awful how easy our teams concede goals in Europe
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