Respect - or a lack of - is the hot topic as St Patrick’s Athletic aim to join Shamrock Rovers in the group stages.
READ MORE: The new Derry City signing who played 22 times for Liverpool and recovered from stabbing four years ago Istanbul Basaksehir can focus all their attention on next week’s second leg while Pat’s have to go to Dundalk on Sunday, three days before the decisive game in Turkey. “There are club games, GAA games, rugby Under-20, whatever right throughout other sports and different events.“I certainly don’t blame Shamrock Rovers , you can understand where they are coming from with that statement.
“It’s five and a quarter days or whatever ,” said Kenny. “To have a match in the middle of that, a third one… Basaksehir’s squad is packed with international footballers from Turkey, Cameroon, Greece and Poland, among other top nations.