Article: FOOTBALL: HEARY: WE ENJOY BEING DISMISSED.. IT HELPS US PLAY BETTER; CHAMPIONS LEAGUE QUALIFYING 2nd round Shelbourne v Steaua B'rest, tonight, Tolka Pk Shels relish the underdog tag.(Sport)

Byline: Michael SCULLY

OWEN Heary wonders if those big European teams will ever learn.

Rewind to late July 2004. Ivan Katalinic, the manager of Croatian champions Hajduk Split, confidently stated that his side were going to see-off plucky Shelbourne.

Then despite only winning 3-2 in their home leg, Split continued to talk the talk before the second leg.

Having ignored Shels chief executive Ollie Byrne at the Champions League third round draw in Geneva and made a bee-line for Deportivo's chairman, Split's sporting director Igor Stimac also ...

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