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Bradley insists Hoops must not 'go mad'

Rovers lost the first leg 1-0 in Tallaght
Rovers lost the first leg 1-0 in Tallaght

Shamrock Rovers boss Stephen Bradley says his side can't afford to "go mad" in their bid to overturn a 1-0 deficit in Sweden

The Hoops meet Stockholm club AIK tonight (6pm) at the Friends Arena, the national stadium, in the Europa League first qualifying round second leg. 

"We have to be very careful how we approach it," said Bradley.

"We have to score but we needed to score either way. So nothing has changed from our point of view.

"[They are] a top quality team that can hurt you and we need to respect that.

"We need to make sure that we’re concentrated for 90 minutes.

"We have to score in the 90 minutes but we don’t have to go mad either.

"I believe we are [capable of causing an upset].

"We showed in the first leg when we move the ball with the right tempo we can cause them problems and I believe we’ll get opportunities to do that."

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