Cork City’s Euro odyssey gathers momentum

Cork City’s European campaign can now be called an odyssey.

The club’s latest continental assault will now stretch into a third round — where they will face Belgian side Genk — for the first time in over a decade after one of the great European nights at Turner’s Cross ended with John Caulfield’s side accounting for their more exalted Swedish opponents.

Kevin O’Connor’s first-half goal was the difference on the night as City gave the lie to the suggestion that the 1-1 draw claimed in the first leg in Gothenburg had been aided by an opponent that had underestimated their technical and tactical abilities.