Sligo Rovers boss John Russell piled the pressure on Motherwell by insisting the Scots remain favourites to progress from tonight’s Europa Conference League clash.
The Irishman is also adamant his side have no intention of sitting on the one-goal lead - established by former Hearts striker Aidan Keena - from the first-leg win in Lanarkshire last week, and claimed his players still have plenty more to prove. A capacity crowd of 3,800 will be at the Showgrounds to see if the League of Ireland outfit can make history by reaching the third qualifying round of a European competition for the first time.
But Russell said the Scottish Premiership side will still be expected to get the job done: “Even though we got a great result last week, Motherwell are still favourites to get through the tie. We’ll be approaching this as though it’s 0-0 and we’ve got to win the match. We’ll not be sitting back and trying to defend a lead. We have a style of play and we’ll have a game plan. We won’t be looking just to sit back.
