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Published 20:05 19 Aug 2020 BST
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It always felt like it was going to go the other way though and, hell, on another night, it might well have.
Patrick McEleney's right foot started the game like a tractor beam, detecting and hitting targets with automatic ease as the Oriel Park men sprayed the ball around their counterparts for fun.
Then, goal.
Then, as you were. Dundalk pressure, Dundalk dominance. Duffy taking over from McEleney.
And it was Michael Duffy who set up Flores for an effort that deflected over. It was Duffy who pulled just wide when he dropped the shoulder and found himself with a big chance. And it was Michael Duffy who fed Leahy who snatched at it and pulled wide of the same post.
In the final 10 minutes, with Celja clinging to their 1-0 lead with their finger nails at that stage, Pat Hoban got his head to a free kick first and saw it clatter flush off the post.
Outside of that, Dundalk were kept at bay. They were slowed, they were muscled, they were frustrated.
Nonetheless, they had the chances, but they never took them. Nk Celja did. All three of them.
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