{"id":16417,"date":"2020-08-31T09:17:15","date_gmt":"2020-08-31T13:17:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=16417"},"modified":"2020-08-31T10:00:14","modified_gmt":"2020-08-31T14:00:14","slug":"16417","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=16417","title":{"rendered":"Shamrock Rovers To Welcome AC Milan To Dublin In Europa League"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Egvp4ymWkAAX-Fy.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16418\" srcset=\"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Egvp4ymWkAAX-Fy.jpeg 640w, http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Egvp4ymWkAAX-Fy-300x169.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>Seven-time European champion AC Milan was drawn away to Shamrock Rovers when the Europa League second qualifying round pairings were made Monday.<\/p>\n<p>The single-leg elimination game is scheduled on Sept. 17 without fans at Shamrock Rovers\u2019 8,000-capacity stadium in Dublin.<\/p>\n<p>Milan visited Ireland 45 years ago to draw 0-0 with Athlone Town in a UEFA Cup second round, first-leg game. Milan won the return game 3-0.<\/p>\n<p>Milan has not played in the Champions League since 2014 and returns to the second-tier competition after agreeing a one-year suspension because of breaking UEFA financial monitoring rules.<\/p>\n<p>Tottenham, a Champions League beaten finalist 15 months ago, was also given an away game, in Bulgaria against Lokomotiv Plovdiv.<\/p>\n<p>UEFA ordered all Europa League qualifying rounds to be single-leg games because of the tight schedule in a pandemic-delayed season.<\/p>\n<p>Milan and Tottenham must advance through three qualifying rounds to enter the 48-team group-stage draw scheduled on Oct. 2 in Athens.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-16417\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=16417&amp;share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-16417\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=16417&amp;share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-google-plus-1\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-google-16417\" class=\"share-google-plus-1 sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=16417&amp;share=google-plus-1\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Google+\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Google+ (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-print\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-print sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=16417\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to print\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to print (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Seven-time European champion AC Milan was drawn away to Shamrock Rovers when the Europa League second qualifying round pairings were made Monday. 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