Stephen Bradley’s men came from behind on aggregate to beat Celje in the Europa League.
A BRILLIANT long-distance Graham Burke extra-time strike ensured Shamrock Rovers beat Celje 3-1 in this evening’s Europa League third qualifying round second leg encounter.
The hosts were well worth the 2-0 first-half lead and survived a few scares after the break before the demoralising 83rd-minute equaliser. The reigning Slovenian champions, meanwhile, made two alterations. Luka Menalo and Marco Dulca were dropped, while Matija Kavčič and Damjan Vuklišević came into the team.
📺 | The TV angle of Dylan Watts’ penalty. ⚽️#RoversInEurope 🟢 || @sharp_security pic.twitter.com/pJYdn9x44Q After good work by Farrugia and Darragh Nugent in the build-up, the ball was squared across the area to the unmarked wing-back, but Štubljar got down well to save a powerful low strike with his feet.Celje boss and ex-Liverpool player Albert Riera was not a happy man and made a triple change at the break to try to swing the tie in his side’s favour.
Bradley’s men were still looking dangerous down the other end too — Gary O’Neill curled a free kick inches over the bar. Substitutes Rolando Aarons and Luka Menalo both went close on the brink of half-time of extra time, with the latter blasting over a low cross wastefully with the goal at his mercy.
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