Occean brace for Odds Ballklub sinks outclassed Shamrock Rovers

Shamrock Rovers 0 Odds Ballklub 2

Rovers’ international trio of Keith Fahey, Stephen McPhail and, of course, latest star acquisition Damien Duff were all reduced by injury to the role of onlookers at the game, a significant blow to the Hoops’ aspirations of putting it up to a Norwegian side with its own five-strong helping of internationals firmly on board.

As relentless as the black clouds which came scudding in off the Dublin mountains to dump teeming rain on the pitch, the red-shirted Odds got numbers forward at every opportunity, living up to Pat Fenlon’s billing of the opposition as a side who would not be content to sit back away from home.