Shamrock Rovers went home from Tallaght Stadium proud of their efforts on Thursday night - but one youngster was particularly happy after getting Zlatan Ibrahimovic's jersey.
Hoops striker Aaron Greene got the Swede's jersey for his son Jack, who was a ball boy at the game and is an academy player with the Dublin club.
Rovers said on Facebook: "Zlatan learned that Aaron Greene's son, a Rovers Academy player, was a ballboy at the game. He promised him his jersey, he made sure that he got it."
Meanwhile, Stephen Bradley was proud of his side's performance in the 2-0 defeat to the Italian giants.
Speaking after the game, he said: “I thought the players were fantastic. We were brave, we played our way and we got really good chances off the back of that.
“I don’t know the last team in Europe to create three chances playing really good football against that level of opposition.
“There are things we can do better, but we have to recognise the positives and build on them.
“I don’t think you can be too down after that. We showed tremendous courage to play our way and that was really pleasing.”
Bradley continued: “On another night if Aaron Greene scored that first one, you never know what might happen so I’m really proud of how they attacked the game.
“We knew what we were up against in terms of quality, but we didn’t take a step back, we played our way and that was the most pleasing thing.”
