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We fell to our fourth defeat of the UEFA Youth League as we lost 5-1 to Slavia Prague.

An own goal from Ceadach O'Neill as well as efforts from Bartosz Szywala and Jakub Kolisek saw our hosts take a 3-0 lead before half-time.

Ceadach O'Neill found the net for us in the second half before Mubarak Suleiman and Matej Kotrba rounded off the scoring for the hosts in added time.

what happened

Our hosts had picked up four points from three matches and immediately asserted their dominance on the game, opening the scoring after 10 minutes.

From the first corner of the contest, Simon Sloncik found himself unmarked at the back post and his header was deflected into his own net by Ceadach O'Neill.

We looked to get back into the contest and almost levelled as Brando Bailey-Joseph slipped in Osman Kamara but his effort was thwarted by a last-ditch tackle from Slonick.

Demiane Agustien was next to have a go for us as he found himself in space on the edge of the box, but couldn’t keep his shot down.

We were then undone by a long throw as the hosts doubled their lead. Elias Pitak's long hurl into...

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