Where can I watch Thursday’s Shamrock Rovers v Ferencvaros European game?

Shamrock Rovers take on Ferencvaros in the second leg of their second qualifying round of the Europa Conference League in Tallaght on Thursday.

The Hoops trail 4-0 after the first leg against the five-in-a-row Hungarian champions after last week’s first leg in Budapest.

Are tickets available in Tallaght?

Yes. Match tickets for the game in Dublin 24 can be purchased here.

Where can I watch the match online?

You can watch the game worldwide on LOITV (bar Hungary, Israel, Slovakia and Romania). The game kicks off at 8pm Irish time.

💻 Thursday's @UEFAConfLeague 2nd leg v Ferencvaros will be available to stream on LOITV.
Ireland & UK availability at present, more countries will be added and announced before Thursday.
Commentary from Con Murphy & Barry Murphy
Purchase here https://t.co/n4pOnR9rjZpic.twitter.com/Crg2BJF1LZ

— Shamrock Rovers FC (@ShamrockRovers) July 31, 2023

Who is the referee?

Tomasz Musiał will lead an all Polish set of officials. He was the referee for Rovers' 1-0 win in Iceland back in 2016 against Stjarnan.

He was is a bit of a fourth official specialist. He had that role for a number of high profile Europa Conference League matches last season including Marseille v Manchester United, Dinamo Zagreb v AC Milan, Barcelona v Inter Milan and Sheriff v Manchester United.

He was also the fourth official for Ireland’s 2-0 loss to Switzerland in October 2019.

Will the referee have access to VAR?

No.

While VAR has been expanded for this year’s UEFA Champions League to include all qualifying rounds of the competition for the very first time including Rovers game in Tallaght against Breidablik last month, it is only used in the Europa Conference League from the play-off round onwards.

What did Stephen Bradley have to say after the game in Budapest last week?

Few positives for Bradley after Hoops suffer Hungary hammering https://t.co/GgrwuoqBS9pic.twitter.com/sOxLG1JETA

— Extratime.com (@ExtratimeNews) July 29, 2023

Who do the winners play in the next round?

The winners of the tie will face the winning team from the Dinamo Tbilisi v Hamrun Spartins tie. Those sides played in Malta last week with Hamrun winning 2-1. The second leg being played in Georgia on Thursday with a 5pm kick-off (Irish Time).

Who do the loser play?

The losing team exit Europe.

What money will the teams earn for this tie?

The winner of this tie will move their earnings from UEFA over the one million euro mark (to €1.11m). Progression one round further into the play-off round would guarantee that side €1.41m, while the prize of group stage qualification is worth a minimum of €3.34m.

The losers will exit Europe having banked €810,000.

Postcard from Hungary as the Hoops eye early Euro exit https://t.co/jTRm8D4L1Mpic.twitter.com/pb8g1RDtcZ

— Extratime.com (@ExtratimeNews) July 30, 2023