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| Date | Time | League | Season |
|---|---|---|---|
| 25 August 2022 | 8:00 pm | UEFA Europa League | 2022/23 |
Match Report
Europa Conference League Group Stage awaits for Shamrock Rovers
Despite winning on the night, Shamrock Rovers will have to settle for the Europa Conference League group stages, after failing to overturn the 4-1 deficit from the opening leg despite victory at Tallaght Stadium this evening.
Ferencvaros are back in the Europa League once more, the tie much more compact than what we saw in Budapest last Thursday, the Hoops much sharper and will leave wondering what could have been.
Goals win games and a distinct lack of shots on target from the hosts, made the already impossible task even more difficult, in spells Rovers threatened the late goal serving as a consolation to keep their European unbeaten streak alive.
The game began with a lack of urgency from both teams, a few half chances from both sides which did not lead to any scorable chances, set the tone for the opening half. Richie Towell missed the target before Justin Ferizaj came close with a curling effort outside the area in the 27th minute, but again it went wide.
Ferencvaros were dangerous but struggled to create a clear cut chance, Rovers able to ping possession around the Tallaght turf, had chances just not on target, Aidomo Emakhu created their best attempt at goal but Towell just could not stretch to tap home across fizzed in front of the Hungarian goal.
Just the one shot on target in the half and it fell right at the end of the half for the visitors, Ryan Mmaee connecting with an Eldar Civic free kick, his header was excellent but the save by Alan Mannus was better to keep it deadlocked at the interval.
Mannus was quick off his line seven minutes into the second half, Lee Grace appealed for a free kick after a tussle with Carlos Auzqui, he broke clear but the veteran keeper was out quickly to smother the danger.
Sean Kavanagh had the first shot on goal for the Hoops after 55 minutes, Emakhu fouled on the edge of the area, his powerful effort was saved well by Adam Bogdan. Towell had another chance minutes later Kavanagh with an inch perfect ball for him to Volley toward goal but it would not come down.
Mannus again had to save well to deny Mmaee, with the visitors having the better chances to see out the second half, Balint Vecsei missed the target, as too did Adama Traore, both causing issues. Franck Boli came close to making it 1-0 but his effort was blocked, the next came to Marquinhos but the Rovers defence was strong.
Andy Lyons could have made it 1-0 after 87 minutes, Jack Byrne playing him in with an amazing pass but Bogdan was down well. Lyons would get another chance as Byrne whipped in the corner, his header rippled the net, their unbeaten streak at home continues.
Timeline
| 21' | 28. Carlos Auzqui | |
| 22. Aidomo Emakhu | 34' | |
| 17. Richie Towell | 44' | |
| 54' | 13. Anderson Esiti | |
| 57' | Anderson Esiti Bálint Vécsei | |
| 57' | Carlos Auzqui Marquinhos | |
| Aidomo Emakhu Aaron Greene | 64' | |
| Ronan Finn Andy Lyons | 64' | |
| 71' | Tokmac Nguen Xavier Mercier | |
| 71' | Ryan Mmaee Franck Boli | |
| Sean Kavanagh Dylan Watts | 72' | |
| Justin Ferizaj Gideon Tetteh | 72' | |
| Richie Towell Jack Byrne | 72' | |
| 79' | Adama Traoré Krisztián Lisztes | |
| 22. Andy Lyons | 89' |
Past Meetings
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Ferencvaros Stadion Ferencvarosi v Shamrock Rovers |
Ground
| Tallaght Stadium |
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| Tallaght Stadium, Whitestown Way, Tallaght, Dublin 24, D24 XC9W |
Diarmuid Kearney
Diarmuid Kearney is a freelance Sports Journalist based in Co Kerry. He has more than 5 years experience covering domestic and international soccer for different media organisations, while also working for local and national print and digital organisations covering GAA.
All over as Lyons header gives the Hoops a famous win in Tallaght, Pot 3 in tomorrow's draw awaits them for the Conference League group stages
LYONS SCORES
Andy Lyons is in and Bogdan is down to save, what an amazing stop
Traore will not add to his tally tonight as the youngster Krisztian Lisztes replaces him
Boli and Marquinhos both have efforts blocked as they look to leave with the win here in Dublin
Rovers go for broke with three changes, Gideon Tetteh, Jack Byrne and Dylan Watts come in for Justin Ferizaj, Richie Towell and Sean Kavanagh
Fresh legs for the Hoops, Aaron Greene and Andy Lyons come in for Aidomo Emakhu and Roan Finn, Finn with a record number of appearances now over taking Gary Rodgers
Double change for the visitors Bálint Vécsei and Marquinhos replace Anderson Esiti and Carlos Auzqui
At the other end Mmaee is again thwarted by Alan Mannus
Towell connects sweetly to a Kavanagh cross his volley goes over the bar, Rovers knocking on the door
Kavanagh strikes the free kick but Adam Bogdan saves well, first shot on target for Rovers
Anderson Esiti carded after fouling Emakhu at the edge of the box
Lee Grace appeals for a free kick Auzqui goes clear against him but Mannus is out to make the save
The Hoops kick us off for the second half, goals needed
Ryan Mmaee with a powerful header from the resulting free kick Mannus dealing with it well, as the referee blows a great half for the Hoops to an end, remains scoreless but plenty of action
Towell the next Rovers player into the book
Towell fails to connect with an Emakhu cross across the face of goal, Rovers threatening but unable to test Bogdan
Emakhu is late and gets his name taken as a result
Justin Ferizaj comes close with a curling effort outside the area, just goes wide
First card of the night shown to Carlos Auzqui, two fouls in a row sees his name taken
Action at both ends but neither coming close to scoring, half chances the visitors looking up for it
Kick off in Tallaght with the hosts getting us underway
Only three teams have ever come back from a four goal deficit in European action, in 2017 Barcelona were 6-1 winners over PSG trailing 4-0 after the first leg, 1985 Real Madrid were 4-0 winners over Borussia Mönchengladbach having trailed 5-1 on aggregate, lastly in 1984 FK Partizan defeated QPR 4-0, having lost 6-2 in the first leg, all teams who came back were at home for the second leg, could we add a fourth tonight?
Following the defeat last week Stephen Bradley makes changes, Daniel Cleary drops out of the back three with Sean Gannon moving from the wing to play at the heart of the defence, Ronan Finn returns to play on the right while Andy Lyons drops to the bench as Sean Kavanagh plays on the wide left. Kavanagh moving wide sees Richien Towell come back into midfield joined by Justin Ferizaj as Dylan Watts does not start this week, finally a new front line sees Neil Farrugia and Aidomo Emakhu chasing the goals, Gaffney and Greene dropping to the bench
Shamrock Rovers need to pull out all the stops to reach the Europa League group stages, 4-0 down on aggregate they need a miracle performance to beat the Hungarian Champions, they are in the pot for the Conference League should they fail to advance, my name is Diarmuid Kearney and I will update the action from Tallaght this evening