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Leroy Millar twice came close to equalising for LarneLarne lost 1-0 away to HJK Helsinki after conceding a penalty just over a minute into their Champions League debut.
Bojan Radulovic scored from the spot-kick twice, after his first strike had to be retaken, to win the first leg of the first-round qualifier.
Larne recovered from going behind so early on and came close to equalising twice through Leroy Millar in what was an impressive second-half display.
The second leg is in Belfast next week.
It will be played at Solitude, home of Cliftonville, after Larne's artificial pitch at their Inver Park base failed to meet the required Champions League standards.
Larne's hopes of keeping things tight in the early stages suffered a disastrous setback inside the opening minute when defender Cian Bolger made an awkward challenge on Topi Keskinen on the left hand side of the penalty area and Georgian referee Goga Kikacheishvili pointed to the spot.
Radulovic sent goalkeeper Rohan Ferguson the wrong way from the penalty spot only for the referee to order a retake and the Spanish-born striker kept his nerve to once again wrong-foot Ferguson and find the bottom corner.
More to follow.
Line-ups
HJK Helsinki
- 1Öst
- 22Raitala
- 14Peltola
- 37TanakaSubstituted forKouassivi-Benissanat 64'minutes
- 23Soiri
- 18Keskinen
- 10Lingman
- 15TenhoBooked at 28mins
- 56Hetemaj
- 9Radulovic
- 7HostikkaSubstituted forOlusanyaat 81'minutes
Substitutes
- 2Ollila
- 4Toivio
- 11Riski
- 24Kanellópoulos
- 25Iliev
- 27Kouassivi-Benissan
- 28Ylitolva
- 29Olusanya
- 42Meriluoto
- 78Ramula
Larne
- 1Ferguson
- 25SloanSubstituted forKearnsat 83'minutes
- 2WantBooked at 89mins
- 23CosgroveBooked at 46mins
- 4DonnellyBooked at 90mins
- 21Millar
- 22Glynn
- 16Gordon
- 18BolgerBooked at 31mins
- 29RyanSubstituted forWestendorfat 86'minutes
- 10Bonis
Substitutes
- 3Omar
- 5Farquhar
- 7Kearns
- 9O'Neill
- 17Westendorf
- 20Maguire
- 26Smith
- 28Dowling
Referee:Goga Kikacheishvili
Live Text
Match ends, HJK Helsinki 1, Larne 0.
Second Half ends, HJK Helsinki 1, Larne 0.
Aaron Donnelly (Larne) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Shaun Want (Larne) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Substitution, Larne. Isaac Westendorf replaces Andy Ryan.
Substitution, Larne. Daniel Kearns replaces Dylan Sloan.
Substitution, HJK Helsinki. Anthony Olusanya replaces Santeri Hostikka.
Substitution, HJK Helsinki. Kevin Kouassivi-Benissan replaces Atomu Tanaka.
Tomas Cosgrove (Larne) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Second Half begins HJK Helsinki 1, Larne 0.
First Half ends, HJK Helsinki 1, Larne 0.
Cian Bolger (Larne) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Miro Tenho (HJK Helsinki) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Goal! HJK Helsinki 1, Larne 0. Bojan Radulovic (HJK Helsinki) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the top right corner.
Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
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