Larne have been no match for Serbian powerhouse Purple Star Belgrade because the guests run riot at Inver Park with a 4-0 win within the first leg of their Champions League second qualifying spherical tie.
A Bruno Duarte double, Vasilije Kostov strike and Muhammed Cham thunderbolt sealed a cushty win for the 1991 European Cup winners on their travels to east Antrim.
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The Inver Reds had a handful of moments however have been in the end outclassed by the dominant Serbian facet.
Gary Haveron’s facet will journey to Belgrade subsequent week for the second leg which is scheduled for a 19:00 BST kick-off on Wednesday, 29 July.
Purple Star take management early
It was all the time going to be a busy evening for the Larne defenders in opposition to the category of the Purple Star attackers, however they restricted the guests to little or no within the opening half of the primary interval.
That was till VAR intervened and referee Rares George Vidican pointed to the spot following a quick take a look at the monitor the place he deemed Tomas Cosgrove had dealt with the ball.
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Bruno Duarte made no mistake from 12-yards and despatched Rohan Ferguson the improper approach to discover the underside right-hand nook with a cool end on 26 minutes.
Though the Serbian facet continued to dominate proceedings, they could not discover a well past the resolute Larne defence from open play.
That was till 10 minutes into the second half when Purple Star doubled their lead by Kostov after some beautiful work from substitute Osman Bukari down the right-hand facet.
Purple Star had their third 12 minutes later with a second strike from Bruno Duarte who discovered the underside right-hand nook after a superb attacking transfer.
Substitute Cham put the icing on the cake for the guests on 85 minutes with the choose of the bunch as he fired into the highest right-hand nook from the sting of the field.
