Cork City bullish ahead of Swedish trip

The Europa League second round commences tomorrow evening, with Cork City in Gothenburg for the second time in their 32-year history looking for a vital away goal against BK Hacken, last sea son’s Swedish Cup winners.

The Leesiders have a mixed record in the Scandinavian country over the past four visits; they suffered a 3-0 loss against Gothenburg’s premier side IFK in 1999, then won against Malmo (1-0) in 2004, drew with Djurgardens (1-1) a year later, and lost 1-0 to Hammarby in 2007.

City assistant manager John Cotter knows the scale of the task “They have a lot of internationals and good players but we’ll be doing our homework and we’ll be set up to put in our own game plan,” said Cotter. It’s a tough task, we know they’re a good side but so are we, and we’re going to go over and have a go off it.”