Rovers finished bottom of their group after a 1-0 loss on their travels.
Dan Cleary and Neil Farrugia react with dismay to the decisive goal. Image: Stella Pictures/Magnus Liljegren/INPHO Djurgardens 1 Shamrock Rovers 0 SHAMROCK ROVERS RESIGNED from the Europa Conference League with a third-straight defeat away from Tallaght, though their performance in Sweden was more spirited and enterprising than in either of the previous defeats away to Gent and Molde.
Rovers’ travel sickness is the issue most in need of addressing in Europe next year: where results and performances have been good at home, they combined neither in 3-0 losses away to Gent and Molde. Their performance was much-improved in Stockholm tonight, though again their start was notable for its passivity.
For a moment Djurgardens threatened to run riot, with a harried Daniel Cleary booked for pulling back the electric Wikheim. Rovers’ early plight was pithily captured by the sight of Richie Towell clutching his knee after an accidental collision with Gary O’Neill. Towell, however, gingerly picked himself up and returned after treatment to Rovers’ best moment of the game.
Pohls, meanwhile, did brilliantly to block Emmanuel Banda’s shot when the substitute was sent galloping clear, one-on-one.really like? Rare insights on sport's biggest names from the writers who know them best. Listen to Behind the Lines podcast.Farrugia was Rovers’ brightest player all night, and he came agonisingly close to latching onto a fabulous Byrne pass behind the Djurgardens’ defence in the closing minutes, stumbling at precisely the wrong moment.
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