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Here's the volley that sealed another famous European victory for Cork City

Kevin O’Connor’s deflected first-half strike gave the Leesiders a 1-0 win over Swedish Cup holders BK Hacken.

Kevin O’Connor celebrates scoring a goal Cork City's Kevin O'Connor celebrates his winner against BK Hacken. Cathal Noonan / INPHO Cathal Noonan / INPHO / INPHO

CORK CITY BOOKED a meeting with KRC Genk of Belgium in the third qualifying round of the Europa League last night at Turner’s Cross, where Kevin O’Connor scored the only goal of the game to give his side a 2-1 aggregate win against Swedish side BK Hacken.

O’Connor pounced late in the 25th minute, volleying home Greg Bolger’s free-kick with the help of a deflection off Hacken defender Emil Wahlstrom.

The game wasn’t televised but RTÉ have uploaded the goal today. Here’s the strike that helped City to eliminate a Swedish team from European competition for the third time in the club’s history…
https://www.facebook.com/SoccRepublic/videos/893027500802999/

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    Feb 16th 2018, 11:54 PM

    Mon bray,we softened them up for ye on Sunday

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    Feb 17th 2018, 10:21 AM

    Well done bray , many people’s choice for relegation , this draw will give them a spurt for the next round of games !

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    Feb 17th 2018, 12:35 PM

    Must have been the wind/weather/seagulls/noise/or the odd crisp packet that put Dundalk off,or maybe it was a very gutsy performance from an underrated team against a vastly overrated team

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    Feb 17th 2018, 1:56 PM

    @billy Dorney: forgot bubonic plague,Asian flu,the trots,eeeerrrrr4

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    Feb 17th 2018, 2:11 PM

    @billy Dorney: teams that win 3 in a row and get to the group stages of European competition aren’t vastly overrated, but supporters of clubs who have only won their 3rd title wouldn’t know much about that!!

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    Feb 17th 2018, 2:11 PM

    @billy Dorney: but obviously the best team last season despite losing out to a mediocre cork side

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    Feb 17th 2018, 4:29 PM

    @Niall Hearty: meowwww

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