As a neutral in both instances, I think Dundalk captured the wider publics attention more than Shamrock Rovers did in their Europa League exploits. The goal in Belgrade was fantastic, and 90% of LOI fans celebrated that goal.
But, the whole country got behind Dundalk. I've friends that are completely anti-LOI who didn't give a sh!te when Rovers got into the Europa League but really got behind Dundalk after the BATE game. The result in Alkmaar was one of the stand out results in LOI history for me, considering Man United came away from another Eredivisie side on the same night with equally as many points. That fact stood to English league fans more than anything else on the night.
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