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Belfast Telegraph
a day ago
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- Belfast Telegraph
All the action from Linfield and Larne's Conference League Third Qualifying Round second leg clashes
LIVE | Linfield and Larne both have deficits to overcome in their bids to progress from the Uefa Conference League Third Qualifying Round this evening. The Blues are 2-1 down from their first-leg encounter heading into tonight's return clash with Faroese side Vikingur Gota at Windsor Park, while the Invermen are out in the Azores and trail 3-0 on aggregate to top Portuguese outfit Santa Clara ahead of their second-leg duel.
Irish Daily Mirror
a day ago
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- Irish Daily Mirror
What time and TV channel is Dundee United v Rapid Vienna on tonight?
Dundee United and Rapid Vienna clash in the second leg of their UEFA Conference League Third Qualifying Round tie - and it's all to play for. The Scottish side came away from the Austrian capital with a 2-2 draw last week and will fancy their chances of advancing to the play-off stage of the competition in front of their own fans here. Whoever wins this tie will face the winners of AIK v FC Gyor in the play-off round. Ahead of the game, United manager Jim Goodwin revealed Isaac Pappoe is out for 'a lengthy period of time' with a knee injury, adding that he is hopeful he can get Luca Stephenson back from Liverpool on another loan spell. The home side are also without Ryan Strain, Kristijan Trapanovski and Ross Graham (hamstring injuries) and Dario Naamo also remains out, while Max Watters returns after missing the weekend Scottish Premiership defeat to Hearts at Tannadice with a bug. Here's what you need to know about the game: Where and when is it? The match takes place at Tannadice Park on Thursday, August 14. What time is kick-off? The action gets under way at 7pm. What TV channel is it on? The game is not being shown live on TV. However, it is being streamed online and can be purchased for a price of £12 via SolidSport. Quotes corner Dundee United manager Jim Goodwin: 'It's a great occasion, especially off the back of the performance last week in Vienna. 'It was a great atmosphere at the game, generated by both sets of supporters and our own supporters are going to turn out in great numbers for the game tomorrow night and we really need them to generate that type of hostile atmosphere that we felt from the Rapid Vienna fans last week. 'The players put in a great performance, we've taken learnings from the game in areas that we think we can improve and do better. 'Both goals against were certainly avoidable and there was moments within those situations that we could have done better. 'But from an offensive perspective, I thought we offered a lot to the game and we caused Vienna a number of problems at the back, and obviously scored a couple of really good goals. 'So it's going to take the same level of commitment, the same level of effort from the players, which won't be an issue. 'The guys are really excited. The adrenaline for an occasion like tomorrow night will drive the players on and hopefully we'll have a really memorable evening to look back on.' Dundee United win: 5/1 Rapid Vienna win: 1/2 Draw: 31/10
Yahoo
06-08-2025
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- Yahoo
Who do Linfield and Larne face in Europe?
Although Dungannon Swifts' dreams of reaching the group stage of the Conference League were extinguished by Vaduz after extra-time, Linfield and Larne's European journey continues this week. David Healy's Linfield won through to the third round of qualifying as goals from Matthew Fitzpatrick and Kieran Offord in the second leg at Windsor Park against Zalgiris saw them through 2-0 on aggregate. Larne held their nerve on penalties for the second time in the campaign to return to the group stage as they came through 5-4 in the shootout against Prishtina after a 1-1 draw in Kosovo. With both clubs playing the first leg of their third-round ties on Thursday, BBC Sport NI takes a look at the opposition. Linfield travel to the Faroes Linfield will be feeling good following their 2-0 win against Zalgiris after the scoreless draw in the first leg in Lithuania. They will seek to build upon that when they take on Vikingur Gota from the Faroe Islands in round three of qualifying, but their opposition have had their moments in European qualifying in the past. Vikingur won a third league title in their history in 2024 to take their place in the Champions League qualifiers, but lost out to Gilbralter's Lincoln Red Imps which saw them drop into round three of the Conference League qualifiers. Last year, they beat Latvia's FK Liepaja over two legs in qualifying before bowing out against Belgium's Gent, while their best European run occurred in the 2014/15 season when beating Latvia's FC Daugava and Norway's Tromso before falling to HNK Rijeka of Croatia. Domestically, this season has not gone to plan as they currently sit in fourth place in the Faroe Islands Premier League, 19 points behind leaders Kl Klaksvik. The first leg takes place in Torshavn on Thursday at 19:00 BST with the return leg at Windsor Park next Thursday. The winner will move into a final play-off against the loser of the Europa League tie between Shelbourne and Croatia's HNK Rijeka. Larne welcome Portuguese opposition Larne have twice come through on penalties in their qualifiers with the spot-kick success against Prishtina following another shootout win against FK Auda. Nathan Rooney's side now face Portugal's CD Santa Clara, with the first leg on Thursday at the Ballymena Showgrounds (20:00 BST) before the return next week. The club from Ponta Delgada - the largest city in the Azores Islands - does have the distinction of being the most westerly team to compete in European competition and first from the Azores, but they have so much more about them than geography. Following promotion from Portugal's second division in the 2023/24 season, Santa Clara enjoyed a solid campaign in the top flight last season with a fifth-place finish securing European football. They enjoyed a 3-2 aggregate win against Croatia's NK Varazdin to move into this third-round tie, coming back from a 2-1 deficit after the first leg as Vinicius Lopes and Gabriel Silva scored the goals to see them home. This is not the club's first experience of European football as they made it as far as the Conference League play-off round in 2021, only to be pipped to a place in the group stage by Serbia's Partizan. The winners of this tie will face either Shamrock Rovers or Ballkani from Kosova for a place in the group phase.
Belfast Telegraph
16-07-2025
- Sport
- Belfast Telegraph
All the action as Linfield and Shelbourne lock horns at Windsor Park in second leg of all-island Euro duel
Linfield entertain Shelbourne in the second leg of the sides' all-island Champions League First Qualifying Round encounter, with Shels carrying a slender 1-0 advantage into tonight's clash at Windsor Park.
