Champions League second-round qualifier, second leg: Shamrock Rovers 2 (Healy 12, Greene 37) Ararat-Armenia 1 (Lima 74) – Ararat win 3-2 on aggregateThe Ararat-Armenia players sunk to their knees at the full-time whistle. To a man, exhausted, they barely survived a sustained onslaught from Shamrock Rovers at Tallaght stadium. It needed a special moment, conjured by Ararat’s Brazilian contingent, as Carlos Franca came off the bench to find Sandro Lima for the goal that sent Rovers out of the Champions League and into the Europa League qualifiers, where they will play Albania’s Egnatia, the first leg of which will be played in Tallaght next Tuesday.Rovers will have some regrets having dominated the game. Pico Lopes is playing with the authority that comes from holding your own against Spain and Argentina at the World Cup, but the night was made for Jack Byrne. The Republic of Ireland international pushed the tempo from the off with probing balls for Aaron Greene and Graham Burke to pursue.Jake Mulraney began well until a lapse in concentration off a Byrne corner almost resulted in an early goal for Lima. The big South American was a toenail shy of finishing Zidane Banjaqui’s cross to the far post. Rovers survived the early scare and proceeded to control matters before Matt Healy’s brilliant strike on 12 minutes. Byrne’s fingerprints were all over an attack down the right that appeared to fizzle out until Burke and Greene combined to find Healy, who made a clean connection from outside the box.UEFA Champions League Second Qualifying Round Second Leg, Tallaght Stadium, Dublin 28/7/2026