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PRIDE IN EUROPE THE AIM FOR TNS

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
15 July 2018

By Carl Field
WELSH
THE NEW SAINTS will be looking to restore some pride on Tuesday night when they welcome Macedonian champions KF Shkendija to Park Hall for the second leg of their Champions League first qualifying round tie.
The Saints crashed to a 5-0 defeat in midweek – their heaviest European first leg defeat for 15 years.
The Welsh Premier League’s perennial powerhouses were simply outclassed in Skopje with Shkendija, inspired by Besart Ibraimi’s stunning four-goal salvo.
Barring a miracle, Shkendija will go on to face either Torpedo Kutaisi or Sheriff in the second...

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