Giovagnoli expects Dundalk to rise to Europa League challenge

Dundalk manager Filippo Giovagnoli with Sean Gannon. Picture: INPHO/Morgan Treacy

Filippo Giovagnoli’s arrival at Dundalk started as a “kamikaze mission” but has now become a dream.

Few could have envisaged the unknown Italian would guide the Louth men to the Europa League group stages when he was plucked from obscurity to replace Vinny Perth at the end of August.