A night when two different worlds collided

IT WASN’T long before the cold, bracing slap of reality intruded on Shamrock Rovers’ fairytale night in Tallaght.

Fri, 30 Jul, 2010 - 01:00
Brendan O'Brien

Two minutes, 54 seconds to be exact. Real Madrid this wasn’t.

Little over a year has passed since the Spanish giants pitched up in south Dublin after a few days in the plush surrounds of Carton House. It took Karim Benzema all of 87 minutes to find the goal that spared galactico blushes that night.

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