‘You don’t want to go out and take a battering’ – St Pat’s midfielder Barry Baggley is realistic about Besiktas clash

Barry Baggley of St Patrick's Athletic. Photo: Tyler Miller/Sportsfile

The St Patrick’s Athletic camp brought a dose of realism as well as a lengthy injury list when they flew to Turkey for the second leg of their Conference League third qualifying round tie against Besiktas (Thursday, 7.0pm).

That’s why there is no fighting talk about causing an upset and dumping Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s side out of the competition. The initial aim is to restrict the opportunities to the Istanbul club and then possibly get a positive result from the game, even if the tie is beyond them.

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