Live Europa League qualifier: Shelbourne in Rijeka for third qualifying round first leg
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Shelbourne reached this point after a 2-1 aggregate win over Linfield in the Champions League first qualifying round before losing 4-0 (agg) to Azerbaijani side Qarabag in the second round, dropping them down from the top-flight qualifiers.
Shelbourne's Mark Coyle in action against Qarabag's Emmanuel Addai. Photograph: Ryan Byrne/Inpho
For Rijeka, the Croatians entered the Champions League qualifiers in the second round, where they met Bulgarian side Ludogorets. After the first leg ended nil-all, the second tie was forced to extra-time last week, with Rijeka (or what was left of them after two sendings off) losing 3-1.
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Here's how Shelbourne line out:
𝐓𝐞𝐚𝐦 𝐍𝐞𝐰𝐬 🚨
Your 𝙍𝙚𝙙𝙨 𝙓𝙄 is confirmed to face HNK Rijeka!
Kick-off at 7:45pm (Irish time) 8:45pm (local time) , live on SolidSport ➡️
— Shelbourne FC 🏆 (@shelsfc)
And Rijeka:
🗒️Početna postava za sraz sa Shelbourneom 🔵⚪️
— NK Rijeka (@NKRijeka)
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Hello and welcome to The Irish Times live blog for
Shelbourne
's
Europa League
qualifier against Croatian side Rijeka.
Joey O'Brien & co are in Rijeka at the Stadion Rujevica for the first leg of the third qualifying round, the return leg coming on Tuesday at Tolka Park.
Kick-off in Rijeka is at 7.45pm Irish time.
We'll be keeping you updated on all the latest from Rijeka and there'll be a full match report after the final whistle.
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