![]() ![]() He had Joel Asoro outside him for support in a two-v-one battle with Lee Grace but chose to shoot instead of playing the percentage ball to his better-placed team-mate.Īnd Alan Mannus didn’t have to commit himself as he mopped up the danger in the best chance of the half for either side. He failed to deal with a run of the mill pass from Sean Gannon and slipped when attempting to shield Victor Edvardsen.Ĭleary almost scrambled the ball to safety while strewn on the turf, but couldn’t execute the hacked clearance and Edvardsen scampered free. Rovers’ cause wasn’t helped when Sean Hoare was forced out of the game with a leg injury after 12 minutes, with Dan Cleary off the bench to replace him.Īnd Cleary was blessed not to have handed Djurgardens a gift-wrapped lead 10 minutes before the break. ![]() They pinned Rovers deep in their own half for much of the first half, although the Hoops did grow in confidence as that opening spell wore on.īut Bradley’s men never really threatened in the final third and the Swedes were always comfortable dealing with what came their way. Stephen Bradley is bullish in his belief that Rovers can progress to the knockout stages but they need more about them when stepping up to Gent and Molde’s level.ĭjurgardens may be fourth seeds in this group, but they were the bookies favourites here and started like a team determined to leave Dublin with the night’s prize. Rovers won’t sniff at the €166,000 pocketed for the draw but they will need to find more of a cutting edge up front if they are to collect wins along the way. With 6,330 in attendance, Tallaght Stadium was surprisingly shy of sell-out status with the €30 tickets still on sale outside the ground before kick-off.Īnd without the live-by-the-sword, do-or-die thrill of the qualifying rounds, the first of six group games was a cagey, chess-like affair. READ MORE: Shamrock Rovers v Djurgårdens recap: score and result as Hoops kick off Conference League campaign with a draw ![]() A night that at times threatened to run away from Shamrock Rovers finished with the Hoops questioning if they let victory slip through their grasp.ĭjurgardens were comfortably the better side during the first-half and regained their composure to finish the second strongly as Rovers lived a charmed life late on.īut Rory Gaffney, Gary O’Neill, Dylan Watts and Sean Kavanagh all had solid second-half chances to snatch the points on an opening night that failed to spark. ![]()
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