St Patrick's Athletic suffered another crushing 5-0 defeat at the hands of FC Zimbru in the return leg of the Champions League first qualifying round in Chisinau, Moldova, yesterday.

Two first-half goals from Boris Tropanets and a third from Vadim Borets gave Zimbru a 3-0 lead at the break. There was clearly no way back for St Patrick's as Borets claimed a second before a late penalty from Igo Oprea on 83 minutes brought it to five, much to the delight of the 10,000 home supporters.

After a similar defeat by the Moldovan side in Richmond Park last week, St Patrick's lose on a 10-0 aggregate while Zimbru go on to play Dynamo Tbilisi of Georgia in the second qualifying round.