Dundalk boss embraces the pressure ahead of crucial Europa League tie

30 September 2020; Dundalk interim head coach Filippo Giovagnoli during a Dundalk training session at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin. Picture: Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile

Dundalk manager Filippo Giovagnoli has declared tomorrow's Europa League playoff game at the Aviva Stadium against Ki of the Faroe Islands to be a cup final and he is more than willing to embrace the pressure that comes with that.

Win and the reigning Airtricity League champions would progress to the group stages for only the second time and bank at least €2.9m in prize money. Lose and it will be seen as a huge opportunity lost against a side from such an unheralded outpost of the European game.