'It makes you go and attack every game' - Bradley embracing new Conference League format

APOEL manager José Dominguez, the former Spurs player, said Shamrock Rovers have a "peculiar way of playing which is very interesting".

Shamrock Rovers manager Stephen Bradley and captain Pico Lopes. Pic: ©INPHO/Laszlo Geczo

This is what Uefa aimed for by introducing a third club competition, countries far and wide prolonging their presence in Europe.

Shamrock Rovers, like their Cypriots opponents tonight, are national champions. New Saints and Larne, whom they’ll face later in the competition, are too but the Champions League no longer caters for the outsiders.