Celta 3 - Slavia Prague 0

Celta: Cavallero; Velasco, Cáceres, Contreras, Sylvinho; José Ignacio, Giovanella; Edu (Angel 68'), Mostovoi, Jesuli (Jandro 83'); Milosevic (Catanha 65'). 4-2-3-1.
Slavia: Cerny; Lukas Dosek (Latka 87'), Petrous, Zacalias, Hrdlicka (Lukes 65'); Pitak, Gedeon, Dostalek, Skacel; Kuka, Adauto (Tomas Dosek 58'). 4-4-2.

Goals:
1-0. 17. Mostovoi. Bent free kick over defensive wall into bottom corner of net.
2-0. 49. Jesuli. Fired long shot from outside of area into top corner of goal.
3-0. 55. Edu. Following up after José Ignacio shot blocked by Cerny.

Celta took a big step towards the league stage of the top European competition by defeating Slavia Prague 3-0 in their first ever appearance in the Champions League. The Gallicians were more than a match for their opponents, and led the game from the seventeenth minute when Mostovoi beat Cerny with a looping free kick. New boy Savo Milosevic had missed a couple of chances early on, and he had another opportunity to increase the lead when he headed wide with the goal at his mercy before the break. At the other end, Cavallero saved well from Adauto in a rare attack from the visitors.

Two goals in the first ten minutes of the second half wrapped things up though, Jesuli catching the keeper off guard with a magnificent shot from outside of the area, and then Edu scoring on the follow up after José Ignacio's effort was blocked. José Ignacio could have made it four soon afterwards, but Lotina decided that three was enough and slowed the game down. Kuka did have a chance to pull one back later on for Slavia though, but he was unable to beat Cavallero. The crowd burst into a rousing version of their favourite tune, the Rianxeira, and nothing short of a disaster will see their side through to the league stage in the second leg in the Czech Republic two weeks from now.