Where can I watch Tuesday’s Breidablik v Shamrock Rovers Champions League qualifier?

Breidablik skipper Höskuldur Gunnlaugsson (right) watching a pass from Shamrock Rovers' Sean Kavanagh in the first leg in Tallaght

Breidablik skipper Höskuldur Gunnlaugsson (right) watching a pass from Shamrock Rovers' Sean Kavanagh in the first leg in Tallaght Credit: Peter Fitzpatrick (ETPhotos)

Shamrock Rovers have it all to do in Iceland on Tuesday to make the second qualifying round of the Champions League.

They trail 1-0 after the first leg against Icelandic champions Breidablik in a tie that guarantees the winning side making the play-off in one of the UEFA competitions. The winners are set to play Copenhagen in the Champions League second qualifying round.

The losers of this Ireland v Iceland clash will drop into the Europa Conference League second qualifying round where they will face the defeated team from the KI Klaksvik and Ferencvaros tie. Those sides drew 0-0 in the Faroe Islands last week with the second leg being played on Wednesday.

Where can I watch the match?

You can watch the game in Ireland or the UK on LOITV. The game kicks off at 8.15pm Irish time.

The game is close to a sell out in Iceland with Shamrock Rovers bringing 120 or so supporters to the game.

Who is the referee?

After Cypriot official Chrysovalantis Theouli took charge in Tallaght, it is a Swedish whistler on Tuesday. Adam Ladebäck is the referee and he was the fourth official for Rovers' loss away to Ferencvaros in the Europa League play-off last season.

Will the referee have access to VAR?

Yes, as access to VAR has been expanded for this year’s UEFA Champions League to include all qualifying rounds of the competition for the very first time.



It was available, but not used to make a decision, in Tallaght last week and the system was all set up in the stadium in Iceland on the eve of the game.

Will extratime.com be covering the game?

Yes, we have Macdara Ferris in Iceland reporting for us.

What have the opposition being saying?

Our reporter spoke with the Breidablik manager on the eve of the game:

 



About Macdara Ferris

Macdara Ferris is a contributor since 2007 to Hoops Scene (Shamrock Rovers' match day programme) and is the co-author of two books on Shamrock Rovers - 'Tallaght Time: Shamrock Rovers 2009 to 2012' (with Karl … View Full Profile