Faroe Islands town aims for Europa League

[Kyng]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/54345231

In the small Faroe Islands fishing town of Klaksvik, talk among the population of about 5,000 concerns only one thing at the moment: football.

For a country ranked 107th in the world, there is usually little to cheer when it comes to European and international matches.

But on Thursday, league champions KI Klaksvik will face the Republic of Ireland's Dundalk in the Europa League play-off round, in the most important game in Faroe Islands' football history. They are 90 minutes away from becoming the country's first team to qualify for a major European competition.

"This is the biggest game in our history, by far," says Sigurjon Einarsson, an editor at the dimma.fo website. "It's the first time our team has had a chance to get into the group stage of the Europa League. A team from the Faroe Islands - I never thought I would see that happening, not in my wildest dreams."

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Wow, this would be quite a major underdog story if they could pull it off .

Good luck to them. Nothing against Dundalk, but I expect all of the neutrals will be siding with Klaksvik here!

[Jarkko]

'Mon the Klaksvik! I love a good underdog story! (Although if they ever played against Spurs, I think we all know who I'd be cheering for )

[Jarkko]

Well, it seems Cinderella lost her glass slipper. Dundalk won 3-1.