LOI in Europe 2022

**CorribsideSteve** · 26/07/2022, 7:40 PM

So close, Towell. Good stuff from Rovers. These guys can be got at.

**paul_oshea** · 26/07/2022, 7:57 PM

Mccann much better this game but I said after the slogan first game last year and I said it last week they were not good performances and I put it down to Bradley. They're playing with no fear tonight. Pressing high and countering much quicker. These lads thought they could cruise through
Loi sides aren't good enough to sit deep and soak up pressure. It's Another what if for me and worrying what happens when they meet another half decent side in the El or ecl

**passinginterest** · 26/07/2022, 8:01 PM

Ludo have definitely come expecting a stroll in the park. They�ve shown little or no ambition. But Rovers have also shown them no respect and panicked them into giving up easy ball. They may well have another level to go up to and if Rovers score again they may need it.

**CorribsideSteve** · 26/07/2022, 8:04 PM

Originally Posted by paul_oshea

Mccann much better this game but I said after the slogan first game last year and I said it last week they were not good performances and I put it down to Bradley. They're playing with no fear tonight. Pressing high and countering much quicker. These lads thought they could cruise through
Loi sides aren't good enough to sit deep and soak up pressure. It's Another what if for me and worrying what happens when they meet another half decent side in the El or ecl

Exactly. They have to learn something this evening as there's every chance they would get a team of a similar ability again IF they make the ECONF. But thy're doing well, bright, passing well, should be 2-0 up, as another poster said. Seems like they already learned something from last week.

**joey B** · 26/07/2022, 8:09 PM

Dinamo Zagreb 1 up on Shkupi….

**paul_oshea** · 26/07/2022, 8:12 PM

Now lads imagine if they'd gone out and played properly in the first leg ?

**CorribsideSteve** · 26/07/2022, 8:12 PM

Game on, Ludogorets player sent off. Rovers have to go for this now.

**pineapple stu** · 26/07/2022, 8:14 PM

There's no coming back from 3-0 down surely?

Very rare event in Europe, and never achieved by an LoI side. But a goal in the next few minutes will get Ludo sweating.

**CorribsideSteve** · 26/07/2022, 8:18 PM

Originally Posted by pineapple stu

There's no coming back from 3-0 down surely?

Very rare event in Europe, and never achieved by an LoI side. But a goal in the next few minutes will get Ludo sweating.

Of course. Its still an very uphill task, but it certainly should be an advantage to them. They'd have taken a goal up and them a man down after 60 mins this morning. And, yeah, a nother goal for Rovers will really make things interesting, but they've been the one's most likely all evening so far.

**paul_oshea** · 26/07/2022, 8:29 PM

Towell should have gone for it there so silly

**ger121** · 26/07/2022, 8:34 PM

To come back from 3 down is a tall order. Tonight is all about a performance and result to take into the next tie. Building confidence and momentum is key in Europe. It has to be said, Rovers tend to be very good at home and a match for most sides. It is away from home that they struggle.

**sbgawa** · 26/07/2022, 8:42 PM

Originally Posted by ger121

To come back from 3 down is a tall order. Tonight is all about a performance and result to take into the next tie. Building confidence and momentum is key in Europe. It has to be said, Rovers tend to be very good at home and a match for most sides. It is away from home that they struggle.

Agree with this whatever happens

**CorribsideSteve** · 26/07/2022, 8:46 PM

If Towell goes through he surely scores, but fell way too easily. Good reffing really. That would have made things very interesting, but just now, it looks like they're a bit empty in the tank and Ludogorets are starting to look for a goal themselves. Ludogorets have managed the sending off very weel to be fair. Beating them at all is still a great achievement if it happens and would give them a lot of confidence.

**pineapple stu** · 26/07/2022, 8:46 PM

Not watching online - what's happened since the red? Have Ludogorets just shut up shop?

I actually suggested that the third goal in Bulgaria may have helped Rovers get a result here and I wonder if there was actually anything in that in the end. But ger is right that Rovers should take some confidence from this into what looks like a tie with Shkupi next. Though it'd be typical LoI now for them to lose the easy game having put in what seems quite a decent performance here.