City must play the European waiting game

Cork City manager John Cotter sees the positives and negatives of a Europa League draw that leaves the club in the dark as to whether they will play Luxembourg’s Progres Niederkorn or European debutants Cardiff Metropolitan University FC until they complete their preliminary round second leg on July 4.

“It’s not ideal that we don’t know who we’ll be playing and where we’re going for another couple of weeks,” said Cotter, reacting to yesterday’s draw in Switzerland. “It’s not ideal from the club’s perspective in terms of organising travel and hotels, although we have no complaints about the fact that we won’t have to travel long distance for either game.