{"id":141181,"date":"2026-08-06T05:37:13","date_gmt":"2026-08-06T05:37:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/141181\/"},"modified":"2026-08-06T05:37:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T05:37:13","slug":"another-european-glamour-tie-for-shelbourne-awaits-in-amsterdam-the-irish-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/141181\/","title":{"rendered":"Another European glamour tie for Shelbourne awaits in Amsterdam \u2013 The Irish News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph\">It may not be the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishnews.com\/tags\/ajax\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishnews.com\/tags\/ajax\/\">Ajax<\/a> of the 2019 UEFA Champions League semi-finals, but as glamour ties go, it isn\u2019t a bad one for Shelbourne in the Conference League third qualifying round.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Last season saw both Shelbourne and Shamrock Rovers make the group stages of the competition, with the former going down 3-0 at the hands of eventual winners Crystal Palace. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Two rounds from group stage qualification, the draw could have been kinder as the Drumcondra men set their sights on the Johan Cruyff Arena.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Indeed, any kind of a result would be up there with the best in the club\u2019s storied European history, with draws against both Lille and Deportivo La Coruna in 2004\/05 amongst the standout results.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"c-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irishnews.com\/sport\/rugby\/ospreys-vs-ulster-live-score-updates-from-united-rugby-championship-V762PQLGWZFBRM5A53HZDS43TA\/\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"Ospreys vs Ulster live score updates from United Rugby Championship\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/H2GCVRMBUFCA5N4KJKSRRC6VXA.JPG\"  width=\"800\" height=\"450\"\/><\/a><a class=\"c-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irishnews.com\/sport\/live-olympic-2024-blog-irish-boxers-suffer-disappointing-day-as-duo-exit-olympics-GV3JQ3HQNVDIFJTLQCCDUXJGRY\/\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"Live Olympics 2024 blog - day 13: Adeleke in 400m final while Wiffen finishes 18th in Seine swim\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/DHP4MHJW55BITGFB3CDASXDEWE.jpg\"  width=\"800\" height=\"450\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Ajax managed only a fifth placed finish in last season\u2019s Eredivisie, ending up almost 30 points behind title winners PSV, with all of NEC, Twente and Feyenoord also finishing ahead of them.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Since Erik Ten Hag\u2019s four and a half year stint came to an end in June 2022, the club have gone through 10 managers, none of whom have lasted a full year in charge.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Former Girona boss M\u00edchel Angel Sanchez is now the man at the helm, with the Amsterdam outfit coming through their last tie against FC Vojvodina 8-2.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Elsewhere, fellow League of Ireland side Bohemians are up against Midtjylland, also on Wednesday night.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The Danes, who qualified for the Champions League for the first time in their history 2020\/21, will head for Phibsborough and Richmond Park as heavy favourites. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Bohs will look to 26-year-old striker Colm Whelan, who has netted 10 goals in this season\u2019s SSE Airtricity League.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Manager Alan Reynolds is promising something different from his side:<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cI\u2019m not sure anyone is giving us a chance so we\u2019ll have a game plan, a way of playing. It might be slightly different to the domestic league.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It may not be the Ajax of the 2019 UEFA Champions League semi-finals, but as glamour ties go,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":141182,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[101],"tags":[749,199,1754,200],"class_list":["post-141181","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-amsterdam","tag-ajax","tag-amsterdam","tag-league-of-ireland","tag-netherlands"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@dk\/117046952049141822","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141181","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=141181"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141181\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/141182"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=141181"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=141181"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=141181"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}