Heather O'Reilly's Champions League dream comes true in style

Heather O'Reilly came out of retirement to join Shelbourne for the chance to play in the Champions League and her winner in Slovenia has put the Dublin side within one game of making the second round.

"It's amazing," the 37-year-old American said after the 1-0 first qualifying round victory over ZNK Pomurje. "What a dream come true."

"Playing in the Champions League was a life dream for me and obviously to score the winner was surreal.

"I didn't think it was going to be possible in my career.

"Everybody played super well. It was a total team win. Onward."

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