Cork City earn well deserved draw at Bravida Stadium

BK Hacken 1, Cork City 1: Cork City earned a deserved draw - and bagged a valuable away goal with it - in the first leg of this Europa League second qualifying round tie on Thursday evening but it looked for a while as though it could have been better.

Cork City earned a deserved draw - and bagged a valuable away goal with it - in the first leg of this Europa League second qualifying round tie on Thursday evening but it looked for a while as though it could have been better, writes Brendan O’Brien.

City played well for long spells against a multi-national Swedish side and led with just seven minutes to go, but the stalemate was a fair reflection of the game’s ebbs and flows on a warm and sunny night at the Bravida Stadium in front of 2,022 fans.