Stephen Kenny hopeful Dundalk can do the ‘unthinkable’ in Belarus

Dundalk will be hoping to achieve the “unthinkable” when they take to the field at the Borisov Arena tonight (6.30pm Irish time) to face BATE Borisov in the second qualifying round of the Champions League.

The Louth men are huge underdogs to advance against the Belarusians, who have reached the group stages of the competition five times in the last seven seasons.

Having travelled to Barysaw to see BATE in action recently, manager Stephen Kenny — who managed Bohemians to victory against the same opponents in 2003 — knows his side face a mammoth task but says they are not in awe of Aleksandr Yermakovich’s men.