Early Lille goals end Shelbourne Euro saga

Lille 2 Shelbourne 0 (Lille win 4-2 on aggregate)

The eircom League champions had completed a dramatic comeback in the previous leg to level 2-2. But two first-half goals by Milenko Acimovic and Matt Moussilou at Lille's Metropole Arena in the return leg sealed the end of their presence in the competition.

Collins said: "I'm very disappointed. Nothing went wrong, really, we just fell on a very good Lille side, they deserved to win."