Now that we can actually see how the next round shapes up there's actually a massive opportunity here for Rovers if they can come out on the right side of the draw again.
Funnily enough I think they actually now have a better chance of getting into the Europa league than the Conference league.
Assuming they lose the next round, the EL playoff will be against one of the 9 losers from UCLQ2.
Shkupi, HJK, Linfield, Zalgiris, Pyunik/Dudelange would all be close enough to 50/50 ties.
Ferencváros Match 1 Slovan Bratislava Dinamo Zagreb Match 2 Shkupi Qarabağ Match 3 Zurich HJK Match 4 Viktoria Plzeň Linfield Match 5 Bodř/Glimt Žalgiris Match 6 Malmö FF Ludogorets Razgrad Match 7 Shamrock Rovers Maribor Match 8 Sheriff Tiraspol Maccabi Haifa Match 9 Olympiacos Pyunik Match 10 F91 Dudelange
Whereas looking at potential ECL PO opponents it will be one of 5 of the following.
Which most likely will include the Poles, Romanians and Kazkh teams.
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 Shakhtyor Soligorsk Bye N/A RFS Bye N/A La Fiorita Match 1 Ballkani Víkingur Reykjavík Match 2 TNS Sutjeska Nikšić Match 3 KÍ Klaksvík Hibernians Match 4 FCI Levadia Tirana Match 5 Zrinjski Lech Poznań Match 6 Dinamo Batumi Cluj Match 7 Inter Club d'Escaldes Tobol Match 8 Lincoln Red Imps
Lots of football still to be played, but basically from an LOI perspective we don't want any underdogs winning in the UCLQ2 ties and we are hoping for some shocks in the ECL Champions path.
