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- Thursday July 31st, 2025 @ 22:07
Result: Kalju 2 - Saints 2
Turkish powerhouse Besiktas await St Patrick's Athletic in the third qualifying round of the Europa Conference League after a night of remarkable drama in the rain in Estonia.
Leading 1-0 from a first leg they dominated and which saw Kalju have two players sent off, goals either side of the break here from Ivan Patrikejevs and Mattias Mannilaan saw a dramatic swing in the narrative, with Saints' poor season seemingly going further downhill.
And just as what would have been a truly dismal defeat seemed inevitable, skipper Joe Redmond popped up with a goal in injury time to force an extra half hour, three minutes into which Jake Mulraney put St Pat's 3-2 in front on aggregate.
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