European dream ends for Dundalk

In truth, they can’t afford to complain too much. After impressing hugely in Belarus, they simply could not reproduce the same level of performance, let alone better, at home. And had BATE Borisov made more of a string of chances that came their way, especially in the first half, they would have had this game and the tie sown up well before the end.
“Overall they probably deserved to go through,” admitted Dundalk skipper Stephen O’Donnnell. “Hopefully we’ll go on and do ourselves justice in the league and be back next year.”