Bennett’s Cork Push Genk All The Way
- Sport Careers client Bennett plays 90 minutes as City lose 1-0 in Belgui
- All to play for in next week’s second leg at Turners Cross
- League of Ireland competed well despite gulf in budgets
Alan Bennett attacks a high ball against Genk
League of Ireland side Cork City remain in contention to make the Europa League play-offs after a creditable 1-0 defeat away to top Belgian side Racing Genk.
Cork- featuring Sport Careers client Alan Bennett at the heart of their defence- competed admirably against classy opposition, with only a well-taken goal from teenage star Leon Bailey splitting the teams at full-time.
Former AFC Wimbledon captain Bennett marshalled the Cork defence well throughout against an expensively assembled Genk outfit who were captained by former Rangers and Belgium star Thomas Buffel.
Cork manager John Caulfield conceded that the Belgians will be favourites to progress after the second leg next week, but took heart from Cork's win over Swedish side Hacken in the previous round:
"If you go to the bookies now, you'd back Genk.
"But no one thought we'd beat Hacken in the last round and that's the beauty of football, you never know what'll happen.
Caulfield pointed out the financial gulf between the two sides, but still retains hope that his sides fighting spirit can see them spring an upset next week:
"We're not stupid, we know the level is different, Genk have better players than us, playing at a higher standard - but you need spirit and fight, and we have loads of that.
"Genk are a 30million euros club, selling players all over the world, we run our club on 1.2m euros a year, so for us to be still in the tie and with an outside chance is fantastic for us."
Bennett’s Cork Push Genk All The Way
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