Portadown lose battle against Slaven
Portadown 4-2 NK Slaven Koprivnica
Published Friday, 27 July 2012
Portadown battled against NK Slaven Koprivnica at Shamrock Park on Thursday night in their Europa League, qualifying round, second leg tie.
Portadown's Chris Casement and Slaven's Petar Brlek. (© Pacemaker)
Despite their efforts, a 4-2 defeat saw Ronnie McFall's side go out 10-2 on aggregate.
Goals by Igor Bubnjic after ten minutes and Petar Briek (14) saw the visitors race into a 2-0 lead but Richard Lecky scored in added time for the home side.
Martin Saban swooped to score in the 62nd and 64th minutes, before Neil McCafferty retrieved a consolation for the Ports on 67.
The Ports lost 6-0 away in the first leg.