Uefa Conference League third round qualifying, second-leg: Midtjylland (2) Bohemians (0), MCH Arena, Herning, Thursday, 6pm – stream play.bohemians.ieBohemians would be forgiven for looking beyond their mini-run in Europe to make sure they save their season and qualify for the Uefa Conference League in 2027.That is the challenge facing Alan Reynolds’s team in the coming weeks as two poor results in the League of Ireland – losing away to Waterford and drawing at home to Galway United – leaves them 10 points adrift of Premier Division leaders Shamrock Rovers and three behind second place St Patrick’s Athletic.The priority for Reynolds is to maintain the seven-point cushion over Dundalk back in fourth, and the Phibsborough club has not been idle in the transfer market as Paddy Madden returns home after 15 years in England for a potential FAI Cup run. Midtjylland operate on a much higher level, but Longford Town should be dispatched in the last 16 of the cup at Dalymount Park on Sunday evening.Bohs’ resident strikers have impressed in patches this season, with Colm Whelan scoring 10 goals while Douglas James-Taylor has seven despite an injury-disrupted start to his campaign. Madden, now 36, is seeking to finish his career at Bohs after 650 appearances and over 200 goals in the lower rungs of English football.“The conversations I’ve had with Paddy, I’ve been really impressed,” said Reynolds. “He’s coming home with the mindset that he still has something to prove, so we are really looking forward to getting him started.”Madden said: “I am delighted to be back where it all began for me in professional football. Some of my best memories in football came here, winning the league [2009] and Setanta Cup [2010].”[ FAI will not seek ticket allocation after Israel announce game in Hungary will be open to fansOpens in new window ]Bohemians will need an early goal in Denmark and, in reality, a complete collapse from Midtjylland to advance to a playoff against the winner from Croatia’s HNK Rijeka and Finland’s Ilves.“They brought on a fellah wide right [Chilean international Darío Osorio] that they’re looking to sell for €15 or €20 million [to AC Milan or Arsenal],” said Reynolds after the first leg. “There’s levels.”