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Watched the last 15 mins. Tobol are a high energy pressing team all right. They’re v robust, and Derry didn’t like it much. the ref didn’t give Derry much, but they didn’t help themselves either
- lots of aimless and wayward passing. Maybe it was tiredness after a long flight.
1 goal deficit isn’t great but at least the tie is alive for Tallaght, so the crowd shouldn’t be too dire.
You’d have to make Tobol favourites to go through.
Did not see or follow the game but at 1-0 they are well in the tie and that is what you would have been hoping for. Could be an interesting night in Tallaght next week.
Watched the second half on that dodgy stream! Pitch looked atrocious ,players slipping and sliding everywhere,Tallaght will probably suit both sides better,tie is still open enough I'd say,first goal next week will obviously be huge .....
Weird pitch all right. Players slipping a lot but my first impression when I saw Derry training pics on twitter yesterday eve was that the grass looked very long…
I guess the Kazakhs were at shenanigans with the pitch to make the most of their home advantage.
Meanwhile, Derrys home advantage will involve hosting the game 4 hrs from their home, and pricing people out of tickets. Total facepalm!
Plzen 2-0 up in Gzira after 20 minutes, so seems clear enough who Derry/Tobol will play next.
Rosenburg who squeaked past Crusaders in extra time last week are 2 up on Hearts in the first half....
Dundalk fans can comfort themselves in seeing their Icelandic friends getting hammered already by Brugge,4 down at half time....
I dare say Dundalk could have been on the end of the same.
Hearts pull one back; life in that for the second leg
KA 3-0 down against Club Brugge coming up to halftime; another side who beat LoI opposition not doing great in the next tie
Currently at the Rapid Wien v Debrecen match kicking off shortly. Rob Hennessy in charge. This will be interesting!
Edit - Brugge make it 4-0 before halftime
Enjoy Stu!Quote:
Originally Posted by pineapple stu
Hope they pull a good crowd now for next Thurs
Cheers!Quote:
Originally Posted by Philosophizer
It's an ok game, not a great one. 0-0 at halftime. Hennessy's done fine. Disallowed a goal for Rapid for handball; usual protests but they were token enough and he was right on the spot so probably right.
Did give Debrecen a free from 20 yards when I (and everyone else) thought it was a good tackle. Booked the Rapid defender too. Debrecen hit the post from the free, so he was nearly doubly unpopular.
But overall he's doing fine
Breidablik are 5-0 down at half-time away to Zrinskij Mostar (and down to ten men). Another Euro exit that looks worse by the week
Brugge won 5-1 in the end against KA
Dundalk 2.0?Quote:
Originally Posted by paul_oshea
Breidablik getting an absolute pasting in their game. 6 nil down after 55 minutes in Bosnia. Granted down to 10 but were 3 down with 11. Probably playing Struga in the ECL PO so still a good chance of making the groups.
I see Ferencvaros won away 6-1 against Hamrun. Far too good a side for the champions path of the ECL.
They’ve pulled back 2 goals even with 10 men. Still obviously dead in the water in terms of progression but it shows they're a decent side going forward despite the defensive frailties (although I haven’t seen them play, so one could easily be the cause of the other)Quote:
Originally Posted by ger121
I would agree with you, they have a lot of goals in them but are fragile at the back against teams with a bit of quality.Quote:
Originally Posted by 2 Year Contract
Derry second leg on RTE,might not help tickets sales .....
West Stand will only be open Id say.Quote:
Originally Posted by joey B
Finished 0-0 in Vienna. Rapid the better side overall but only really forced one save of note. Debrecen hit the post twice so a draw a fair result.
Thought Hennessy was excellent overall. Would like to see that first half freekick again, but otherwise he was well on top of everything with the minimum of fuss
Amazingly we're still holding on to 32nd in the coefficient stakes.
Kazakhstan are now just one win off us after two wins and a draw this week - they may pass us next week whatever Derry do. Kosovo also got a win this week and should progress to meet BATE Borisov in the playoffs. You'd fancy them in that; Belarus football has gone through the floor lately; sanctions for Ukraine not helping.
Finland (0.250 behind) lost 2-1 in Azerbaijan today; they could turn that around in the home leg which would guarantee the groups; lose and they've a tricky tie against Farul Constanta of Romania next. Bosnia (1.500 behind us) have a side all but confirmed in the groups after Zrinskij won 6-2 today. The Faroes (1.125 behind) have a side confirmed in the groups; they'll face either Sheriff or Antwerp next and could get a result off Sheriff. Iceland (2.042 behind, but with only three teams so each result is worth 33% more) face Struga or Swift Hesperange. for a place in the groups. That's Breidablik of course - they got battered v Copenhagen and Zrinskij, but they could well beat either of those two.
There's no bonus points for reaching the Europa League or Conference League groups (I thought there was) but it's double points and six games.
So still looking we'll drop down to around 36th by the end of the season. Assuming Derry don't do anything mad like reach the groups of course!