Conference League: AEK Athens 1 (Jović pen 90) Shamrock Rovers 1 (Burke pen 21)
Swings and roundabouts. It took until the 86th minute before Spanish referee José Luis Munuera returned to the little screen on the edge of the pitch inside the Opap Arena.
More VAR. More injury-time.
Shamrock Rovers captain Pico Lopes had tried to act out the scene, showing how Danny Grant was being held by Petros Mantalos when his clearance hit his own arm from an AEK Athens corner.
Rovers had run out of luck. Penalty. Luka Jović slashed the spot kick beyond Ed McGinty to calm the increasingly frustrated natives with their shiny green lasers.
Seven minutes of injury-time was announced as Jović raced back to the half
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