Quote3-0 nowOriginally Posted by Philosophizer
They were so good for 45 mins. They’ll do well to escape a battering now.
3-0 now
Any links for the pats game?
Dan Cleary has been more potent against Rovers, whilst playing for Rovers, than he ever was playing for dundalk against Rovers
PAOK are levels above but you can see why they got knocked out of the Champions League,they are flattering to decieve quite a bit imo
Pats totally on top. Elbouzedi is looking superb
Is it on loi tv?
Rovers game is. Is the pats game online anywhere?
https://hd.cricfree.io/category/football
Theres a link there for one in Turkish
Agents Hoare and Cleary then. Its a bit Dundalk FC too to concede right before HT, switching off thinking part 1 job done, so frustrating!! For all the experience players now get in Europe there is still that naivety, that nagging fear of poor decision making calamity moments that undo 99% of the good work done in games. I dont think its always down to player quality or opposition pressue, it seems more self fulfilling prophecy so basically fear and between the ears, knowing when to play out, hoof it and hoof it properly too. Where we do suffer on quality is having any really clinical finishers, not that there was too much attacking tonight, as a league we lack any ruthlessness and efficiency in front of goal. Stll PAOK was always just a free hit.
On solid sports for a tenner
TNS won 3-0, while the Harbour Rats have just gone 1-0 up in Gib, 16 mins:
"What a strike from Matty Lusty! The match-winner from Kosovo hits a rocket from 30 yards that strikes the bar and bounces down and hits the bar again.
The Larne players immediately claim and the VAR team give the goal. A huge goal for the Inver Reds!"
Edit: 1-1, 23 mins.
Edit: Imps now 2-1 up, H-T.
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Larne ahead.
It's all going to end in tears but Pat's look like the European regulars here. All Stephen Kenny had to do was call Zack Elbouzedi up for Ireland apparently.
Melia should have done far better through on goal but otherwise you'd never know he's 16, holding his own well.
1-1 now.
Viking Reykjavik have had three penalties against Santa Coloma in the Conference League - and missed two of them.
Still 3-0 up, so they're well on the way to the groups
Edit - and a fourth in the last minute for PAOK. On the plus side, Rovers may have a chance of a result in the home leg now.
Jesus. PAOK miss a penalty but still get a 4th.
On the bright side, PAOK probably won't be up to much in the 2nd leg and Rovers might get a draw for the coefficient much like Shels v Zurich
I agree. It's psycholgical... lack of belief, overawed.. and that feeds into not being clinical up front and not being decisive enough at the back.
I feared for Rovers once they went a goal down, and especially in the suicidal manner of the goal just before halftime. Rovers definitely have enough to compete in the Conference but Irish sides in Europe continue to blow it for themselves at crucial moments. Another gift wrapped goal for the opposition. Different game entirely if it goes in 0-0 at the break.
Very impressed with Pat's so far though but like PAOK these guys are streets ahead on paper, and as I type they're roughly at the same point close to halftime as Rovers were. Concentration needed now.
Palmer off is a huge blow for Pat's. Lord if they played like this in the league they'd win it.
I'd love Bradley to mischievously say 'we're better, we gifted the goals to them etc etc. Emphasise how daft it sounds when you are beaten and out.
Is the atmosphere in Tallaght very flat for a game St Pats are doing well in, feels more like its 3 or 4 nil!?
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