Heartbreak as Cork City slip up in extra-time Iceland drama

Cork City boss John Caulfield was looking for something akin to a volcanic response after last week’s drawn game and he certainly got it here in the first half at the KR-vollur Stadium with Mark O’Sullivan’s first European goal coming on 13 minutes.

The centre-forward ran at the home defence and his deflected right footed shot spun up and over goalkeeper Stefan Magnusson to roll into the net. It was Ross Gaynor’s ball over the top that set up the chance and it was a goal to silence the home crowd.

But it all turned sour for Cork after the break when they conceded twice with the decisive goal coming ten minutes into extra-time through Jacob Schoop.