A thoroughly deserved victory for the visitors in Luxembourg then but, with a 3-2 aggregate win, it’s Niederkorn who live up to their name and progress in this year’s Europa League. Paying tribute to what he described as one of City’s best performances in Europe in many ties and expressing huge pride in his players, Head Coach John Cotter said: “I thought the boys were brilliant tonight. This was exactly what City had wanted, the dream start, and suddenly it was game on in Differdange. Now it was 3-2 on aggregate to Progres but City still knew that if they could find one more breakthrough, it would put them back ahead in the tie on away goals. Cork City: McNulty, Horgan, McCarthy, McLoughlin, Hurley (K O’Connor 95), Morrissey, McCormack, Buckley, Coustrain (Casey 88), D O’Connor (Griffin 82), SheppardFC Progres Niederkorn: Flauss, Marques, Skenderovic, Hall, Karayer, Vogel, Muratovic (Bah 65), Silaj, Thill (Ferino 91), De Almeida,Tekiela (Floric 85).

Source: Irish Examiner July 18, 2019 20:26 UTC