Bohemians supporters have been urged to bring the noise to their temporary base of Tallaght Stadium tonight, knowing that Danish side Midtjylland are ready to unleash some heavy metal football on the Gypsies. Bohemians are currently 3rd in the Premier Division with 44 points from 26 games, having scored 41 goals and conceded 28. They are 7 points behind leaders Shamrock Rovers. In their last result, Bohemians drew 1-1 with Galway United on Sunday. To stand any chance of landing a blow over the two legs, Bohemians will need to sharpen their attack. Not that Cian Byrne is overly concerned, as Bohemians are the joint-highest scorers – with St Patrick’s Athletic – in the Premier Division this season with 41 goals, while they have scored six times in two Conference League ties to date against opposition from Kosovo and Gibraltar. But Midtjylland are a considerable step up, despite dropping into this competition on the back of last week’s 3-0 Europa League aggregate defeat to Beşiktaş of Turkey. The Danes – who have 11 internationals from nine countries in their ranks – have made the Europa League group phase in three of the last four seasons and beat Celtic 3-1 last year before losing to Nottingham Forest on penalties in the round of 16, having already beaten the Premier League side 3-2 in the league phase. Bohs defender Byrne, who scored a penalty in last week’s shootout win away to Ballkani, said: “We know where their threats will be, but we have a game plan. Hopefully that’s good enough on the night and we can bring a positive result over there.” Byrne added: “We knew if we got this far in Europe that we wouldn’t be able to play in Dalymount Park, with the Uefa requirements. You would love to have it there as it’s our home, but we can get more fans here [Tallaght] to give us an extra push.” As of last night, Bohemians had sold over 5,500 tickets.
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Bohemians to Bring the Noise Against Heavy Metal Midtjylland
Bohemians fans are being asked to make some noise at Tallaght Stadium as the team takes on the heavy metal football of Midtjylland in the Uefa Conference League.
