THE PAOK in the… worst case scenario of being eliminated by Malmo in the third qualifying round of the Champions League, they will face the winner of Celie-Shamrock Rovers in the Europa League playoffs.
THE Celie were champions of Slovenia, but were knocked out in the second Champions League qualifier by Slovakia’s Slovan Bratislava 6-1 on aggregate, although they had knocked out Estonia’s Flora 7-1 in the first round. The team based in the city of the same name and whose colors are blue and yellow, while competing in “Zdezele” with 13,000 spectators. This year was the second championship in its history, while it has also won a Cup. The coach of the team is the Spaniard Albert Rierawho had competed in 2010/11 in Olympic. Its most quality player is considered to be the international Slovenian right-back Jan Karnicnik, as well as the 22-year-old winger Ivan Brinic, on loan from Olympic.
THE Shamrock Rovers he has won 21 All-Ireland championships and four of them in a row, while he also has 25 Cups. Founded in 1899, it is based in south Dublin and has a stadium called “Tallaght”, 10,500 spectators, while its colors are green and white. Its coach is 39-year-old Stephen Bradley, while its best-known player is 28-year-old international Irish midfielder Jack Byrne. In the first qualifying round of the Champions League, they eliminated Iceland’s Vikingur 2-1 and 0-0, but were then eliminated by Sparta Prague with two defeats, 0-2 and 4-2. In the current League of Ireland they are third with 37 points (10 wins, 7 draws, 7 losses) and at -10 behind leaders Shelburne.
Source: Sport Fm
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