Flora toast, now Hoops head for Copenhagen

Flora Tallinn 0 Shamrock Rovers 0 (Shamrock Rovers win 1-0 on aggregate)

“We played very well,” said Hoops boss Michael O’Neill. “I thought we dominated the game from start to finish. We had a lot of good opportunities and a lot of great balls into the box, but we just didn’t manage to get that final touch. But over the two legs I think we showed that we were the dominant side.”

It was Alan Mannus’s farewell appearance for the Hoops before he moves to St Johnstone and the keeper can hardly have enjoyed many more trouble-free outings, as Rovers comfortably secured the scoreless draw which meant Chris Turner’s goal in Tallaght a week ago was the decisive act in 180 minutes of football.