(17-07-2015, 00:26)El Car Wrote: Another night of mixed results for the Scottish sides, with Caley Thistle going down 1-0 at home and most likely out of Europe already, but Aberdeen securing a great 3-0 win away at Croatian side HNK Rijeka. That tie is entirely Aberdeen's to lose now.
Not much joy for the other sides from these parts and thereabouts, with Linfield losing 2-1 at Spartak Trnava (who played the 2nd half with 10 men), Newtown going down 2-0 at Copenhagen, University College Dublin suffering a 1-0 defeat away to Slovan Bratislava (who had to play most of the match with 10 men). Shamrock Rovers were also defeated, losing 2-0 at home to Odd.
West Ham managed to sneak a last minute winner in a 1-0 home victory against Birkirkara at least.
It's likely that another Scottish football club is already out of Euro participation against superior opposition and what a strange match that Dons' tie was v Rijeka! A Croatian player named Tomasov should've put his side deservedly 2-0 ahead within the 1st 20 mins after ripping Aberdeen's defence apart - 2 open goals missed by this guy, the 1st shot from 2 yards hitting the post! Then 0-1 against the run of play and Pawlett's crucial second headed goal for 0-2 was clearly about 2 feet offside. The 3rd goal was a bonus! McInnes will be hoping his team don't face a more clinical finishing Euro side in the 3rd round qualifier because that kinda team will wipe them out. That was a good result but don't be fooled - Aberdeen's inadequacies at this level are very evident!