Search icon

Football

19th Jul 2018

Dundalk’s Michael Duffy scored a stunning volley in their Europa League win

Robert Redmond

Dundalk are through to the second-round of qualifying for the Europa League.

Stephen Kenny’s side recorded a 2-1 win over Levadia Tallin at Oriel Park. Dundalk won the first-leg 1-0 and finished the job against the Estonian side on Thursday night, with Michael Duffy scoring the goal of the night.

The Dundalk winger smashed home a wonderful volley at the back post, after being teed-up by Jamie McGrath’s deft pass, to make it 2-0 on the night.

Patrick Hoban opened the scoring for the Lilywhites and the Estonians got a goal back just before half-time, but Kenny’s team held on for the win.

They’ll play Cypriot side AEK Larnaca in the next round.

Here’s Duffy’s goal:

Earlier in the night, Shamrock Rovers suffered heartbreak in their Europa League tie against Swedish side AIK.

Rovers were trailing 1-0 from the first-leg but managed to reduce the deficit and take the lead in Stockholm through Daniel Carr.

The tie went to extra-time, where the Swedes scored to make it 1-1 on the night, 2-1 on aggregate.