Derry City were unable to end a disappointing week for League of Ireland sides in Europe as they were held scoreless by HB Torshavn in their Europa Conference League first round tie.
DERRY CITY WERE unable to end a disappointing week for League of Ireland sides in Europe as they were held scoreless by Faroese part-timers HB Torshavn in their Europa Conference League first round tie in the Faroese capital.
Higgins’ troops, playing their 45th match in European competition, did have their chances as his second half substitutions gave them the edge and Jamie McGonigle and Ciaran Coll both came close. Higgins made one change from the team which earned a late 2-1 victory against Sligo Rovers last Friday with summer signing Mullen making his first start to lead the attack, replacing Jamie McGonigle. Shane McEleney came in for Brandon Kavanagh with Higgins opting for a 3-4-3 formation.
At the other end McMullan did well to slot the ball through to Ben Doherty who was furthest advanced and the wingback took a touch before bearing down on goal but the goalkeeper stood tall and saved well.Higgins used a break in play to change formation to a 4-2-3-1 to try to get some control in the match and there was an immediate improvement.
Higgins clearly didn’t like what he was watching and made a double substitution at the break with Patching and McGonigle coming on for Doherty and Mullen respectively.
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