FT: Larne 0-4 Red Star Belgrade
That's all for this evening as Larne fall to a heavy defeat by Red Star Belgrade.
Gary Haveron's men face an uphill task if they are to turn it around next week.
Before that, we will bring you Thursday's Conference League qualifiers involving Coleraine and Derry City.
For now, we will bid you a good night.
Larne 0-4 Red Star Belgrade
It's all over at Inver Park as Red Star take a four goal advantage into the next week's second leg.
A Bruno Duarte double, Vasilije Kostov strike and moment of quality from Muhammed Cham seal an emphatic victory for the Serbian champions on their travels to east Antrim.
Muhammed Cham (85 mins)
It's a fourth for Red Star and it's the pick of the lot as Muhammed Cham finds the top corner from distance.
The substitute creates half a yard of space as he wriggles the ball onto his left foot before unleashing a dipping strike over the Larne defenders, past Rohan Ferguson and into the back of the net.
A piece of quality from the midfielder.
Image source, PacemakerLarne 0-3 Red Star Belgrade
Substitute Marko Arnautovic fires over the crossbar after meeting Nayair Tiknizyan's fizzed cross from the left.
Larne 0-3 Red Star Belgrade
Marko Arnautovic is introduced up front as he replaces Mohammad Abu Fani for the visitors.
Larne 0-3 Red Star Belgrade
Jordan McEneff and Ronan Doherty make way for Logan Wallace and Paul O'Neill.
Larne 0-3 Red Star Belgrade
Jay Enem, Aleksandar Katai and Muhammed Cham are introduced by Red Star head coach Dejan Stankovic.
Goal scorers Bruno Duarte and Vasilije Kostov make way alongside captain Mirko Ivanic.
Bruno Duarte (67 mins)
Red Star have a third and it's another great goal.
Bruno Duarte is the man who finds the back of the net, but the attacking move prior to the finish is just as good as the goal itself.
The Serbian side are beginning to totally dominate proceedings now and look increasingly threatening every time they go forward.
Larne 0-2 Red Star Belgrade
Almost a third for the visitors as substitute Osman Bukari beats the offside trap, rounds the goalkeeper but fires into the side netting.
Moments later, Bukari has another shot but this time his effort is blocked.
The Red Star winger has looked incredibly dangerous since being introduced at half-time.
Larne 0-2 Red Star Belgrade
Tomas Cosgrove gets a shot away from inside the area but can't keep his curling effort down as it sails high and wide.
Lovely football from Larne to create the opportunity.
Larne 0-2 Red Star Belgrade
Dylan Sloan makes way for the hosts as James Simpson is introduced.
Vasilije Kostov (55 mins)
The visitors double their lead and what a brilliant goal it is.
Substitute Osman Bukari beats Sean Graham with a sublime turn before firing the ball dangerous into the centre of the box where Vasilije Kostov is on hand to fire home.
Rohan Ferguson has no chance as the ball flies into the bottom left-hand corner.
Image source, PacemakerLarne 0-1 Red Star Belgrade
First effort of the second half goes the way of the visitors are Vasilije Kostov rises highest in the area but heads it straight at Rohan Ferguson who makes a routine catch.
Larne 0-1 Red Star Belgrade
Play resumes at Inver Park for the second half.
Gary Haveron makes one change at the break as Kevin O'Hara replaces Matty Lusty up front.
Osman Bukari also replaces Loizos Loizou for the visitors.
Larne 0-1 Red Star Belgrade
Red Star go in one goal to the good thanks to Bruno Duarte's penalty after VAR intervention midway through the first half.
Larne 0-1 Red Star Belgrade
Mohammad Abu Fani strikes from distance but can't keep his effort down as it sails over the crossbar.
Larne 0-1 Red Star Belgrade
Cricky Gallagher tries to find Matty Lusty through the middle with a smart through ball but Matheus is alert to it and beats Lusty in a foot race to clear for Red Star.
Moments later, Mohammad Abu Fani strikes just wide of Rohan Ferguson's right-hand post.
Larne 0-1 Red Star Belgrade
Matty Lusty is booked for a foul on Timi Max Elsnik.
Larne 0-1 Red Star Belgrade
Sean Graham is booked for simulation as he goes to ground in the penalty area but is deemed to have dived by referee Rares George Vidican.
Bruno Duarte (26 mins)
Bruno Duarte makes no mistake from the spot as he sends Rohan Ferguson the wrong way and calmly rolls the ball into the bottom right-hand corner.
There is still confusion as to exactly what the penalty was awarded for but the visitors are in front.
Image source, PacemakerDuarte scores from the spot
Bruno Duarte scored twice in Red Star Belgrade's win
Larne were no match for Serbian powerhouse Red Star Belgrade as the visitors run riot at Inver Park with a 4-0 win in the first leg of their Champions League second qualifying round tie.
A Bruno Duarte double, Vasilije Kostov strike and Muhammed Cham thunderbolt sealed a comfortable win for the 1991 European Cup winners on their travels to east Antrim.
The Inver Reds had a handful of moments but were ultimately outclassed by the dominant Serbian side.
Gary Haveron's side will travel to Belgrade next week for the second leg which is scheduled for a 19:00 BST kick-off on Wednesday, 29 July.
It was always going to be a busy night for the Larne defenders against the class of the Red Star attackers, but they limited the visitors to very little in the opening half of the first period.
That was until VAR intervened and referee Rares George Vidican pointed to the spot following a brief look at the monitor where he deemed Tomas Cosgrove had handled the ball.
Bruno Duarte made no mistake from 12-yards and sent Rohan Ferguson the wrong way to find the bottom right-hand corner with a cool finish on 26 minutes.
Although the Serbian side continued to dominate proceedings, they couldn't find a way past the resolute Larne defence from open play.
That was until 10 minutes into the second half when Red Star doubled their lead through Kostov after some lovely work from substitute Osman Bukari down the right-hand side.
Red Star had their third 12 minutes later with a second strike from Bruno Duarte who found the bottom right-hand corner after a brilliant attacking move.
Substitute Cham put the icing on the cake for the visitors on 85 minutes with the pick of the bunch as he fired into the top right-hand corner from the edge of the box.
Manager:Gary Haveron
Formation:4 - 3 - 3
Manager:Dejan Stankovic
Formation:4 - 3 - 2 - 1
Manager:Gary Haveron
Formation:4 - 3 - 3
Manager:Dejan Stankovic
Formation:4 - 3 - 2 - 1
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