Sean Maguire grabs spotlight again for Cork City with away goal in Europe

A good night that almost went down as one of the greats.

Sweden proved to be a happy hunting ground for Cork in the noughties with a win over Malmo and a draw at Djurgardens, and John Caulfield’s side came within seven minutes of aping those standout results in front of 2,022 fans in Gothenburg.

Ultimately, it was a fair result. Hacken finished the first leg of this Europa League second qualifying round tie strongly but City travelled homewards harbouring regrets after taking the lead through Sean Maguire’s 64th-minute penalty and the sending-off of Baba Mensah for the foul that brought about the spot kick.