Peamount United play their final Women’s Champions League match of 2021 in the Netherlands this morning as they face FC Nike in the third place play-off of their group stage (11am).

A revamp of the UEFA contest saw 15 mini tournaments of four teams take place with the top two to progress to the knockout phase, and while The Peas’s ability to advance fell by the wayside during the week, honour and a European victory are still up for grabs today for James O'Callaghan's squad.

It was a disappointing 5-2 defeat at the hands of Spartak Subotica on Wednesday that has placed them in such a position, Eleanor Ryan-Doyle's late surge of a brace not granted adequate by the 10 time Serbian champions in a game where Tijana Filipovic was the star of the show.

One team allocated the hosting rights, Nike’s midweek opponent’s FC Twente’s home ground Sportcampus Diekman in Enschede is the stage for all of the fixtures, including today’s clash.

Georgia’s pride were somewhat outclassed in said match, the Dutch outfit putting nine goals unanswered past them in a game that followed their recent mediocre vein of form.

Before they head back to the Emerald Isle and return to their layman’s duties of the Women’s National League, The Girls in Green are keen to come home with a win and conclude their campaign in style.

None other characterizes this than captain fantastic Aine O’Gorman who told Peamount‘s Twitter yesterday that her side are eager to “leave on a high” and “go back into the league then in good form.”

“We’ve got to regroup now, get our heads right and focus on the game” she said.

Reflecting on their last outing she commented that it was the “differences in the box” that wrapped up their Subotica loss but that their courage was telling.

“I think they took their chances and we failed to create enough and take our own” she said.

“We kept going, we kept working hard and we showed good spirit to get back in it and the end again.”