Cork City manager John Cotter sees the positives and negatives of a Europa League draw that leaves the club in the dark as to whether they will play Luxembourg’s Progres Niederkorn or European debutants Cardiff Metropolitan University FC until they complete their preliminary round second leg on July 4. That’s what we’ll be looking to do to make sure we’re prepared for whoever we have to face. For the side known as The Archers, it was a case of third time lucky, the students — some of whom had exams to do around the game — having failed at the Welsh Premier Division’s Europa League play-off final stage in the previous two seasons. City will host the winners at Turner’s Cross in the first leg of the first qualifying round on July 11. Rovers are away in the first leg while Pats will be home first.

Source: Irish Examiner June 18, 2019 23:03 UTC