Instead of Slovenia, Ireland! THE PAOK will face her Shamrock Rovers in the Europa League playoffs, as the Irish club prevailed 3-1 of Chelie at home in overtime and overturned a 1-0 loss in the first game.
Watts (37′ pen.) and Farrugia (40′) gave the hosts a qualifying lead, with Karnicnik reducing in the 83rd minute and sending the match into extra half an hour.
There, Burke restored a two-goal deficit for the Irish, who held on until the final and booked… a date with the Northern Bighead, while securing a ticket to the league phase.
The Irish had faced the Thessalonians and the season 2011/12with the Greek club going 2/2 in the Europa League group stage.
Detailed results (total score in parentheses)
Rapid Vienna-Trabzonspor 2-0 (3-0)
Lincoln-Dynamo Minsk 2-1 (2-3)
Viktoria Plzen-Krivbas 1-0 (3-1)
Elfsborg-Rijeka 2-0 (3-1)
Circle Bruges-Molde 1-0 (1-3)
Ajax-Panathinaikos 0-1, 13-12 on penalties (1-1)
Servette-Braga 1-2 (1-2)
Lugano-Partizan 2-2 in extra time (3-2)
Maccabi Tel Aviv-Panevezis 3-0 (5-1)
Boracay Banja Luka-Klaksvik 3-1 in extra time (4-3)
Shamrock Rovers-Chelsea 3-1 extra time (3-2)
The pairs of the playoffs
Dynamo Minsk-Anderlecht
Jagiellonia-Ajax
Ludogorets-Petrokub
Lugano-Besiktas
LASK Leeds-Steaua Bucharest
RFS-REF
Maccabi Tel Aviv-Batska Topola
PAOK-Shamrock Rovers
Ferencvaros-Boracs Banja Luka
Molde-Elfsborg
Braga-Rapid Vienna
Victoria Plzen-Harts
Source: Sport Fm
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