Mjallby out of Champions League after Slovan prove too strong in Bratislava

[p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/mjallby-S0XtXM1E/slovan-bratislava-QRaWdwQf/?mid=U9nGSlY1"]Slovan Bratislava 2-0 Mjallby (4-1 on aggregate)[/a][/b][/p][p]Victory on their UCL debut against [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/salzburg/Olvehxrl/"]Lincoln Red Imps of Gibraltar[/a] was [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/mjallby/S0XtXM1E/"]Mjallby[/a]'s only victory in their previous 11 competitive games heading into this crunch second leg in the Slovakian capital. Yet, they made the brighter start here, as early opportunities fell to [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/pettersson-tom/bZ7geRyD/"]Tom Pettersson[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/samuelsen-aki/WhuqC2ZC/"]Aki Samuelsen[/a], before [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/granath-william/p8uqu9AR/"]Villiam Granath[/a]’s looping header grazed the roof of the net. [/p][p]Slovan did not need to force the issue too much with a coveted 2-1 first-leg lead to protect, but     [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/kukharevych-mykola/htbK4AVC/"]Mykola Kukharevych[/a] had the game’s first shot on target when his close-range strike was parried behind by [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/wallinder-robin/6XfvDP2K/"]Robin Wallinder[/a].[/p][p]The hosts looked the more likely to break the deadlock with half-time approaching, as Wallinder manoeuvred himself well to push away [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/camara-suleiman/vwj8fVTt/"]Suleiman Camara[/a]’s awkward swerving effort. Despite a positive start, this was a frustrating opening 45 minutes for Mjallby, who failed to test Slovan goalkeeper [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/takac-dominik/nwNNvupK/"]Dominik Takac[/a] before the break and were perhaps feeling the effects of selling Sweden international and first-leg scorer [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/stroud-elliot/4rVMk5Sb/"]Elliot Stroud[/a] to [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/hull-city/S66R0t75/"]Hull City[/a].[/p][embed guid="ee4d6bf8-9b94-42a4-885e-bdbd21cad105" url="https://x.com/MjallbyAIFs/status/2087268733190320611" social-type="twitter" /][p]There was no question that the momentum was in favour of [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/toure-yaya/v1SiJzyM/"]Toure[/a]’s side, and they took a deserved 47th-minute lead thanks to Camara. [b]The Gambian jinked his way in from the left flank and unleashed a fine right-footed strike past Wallinder to give the Slovakian champions a 3-1 aggregate lead. [/b][/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/kjaer-jeppe/Mke5ibtC/"]Jeppe Kjaer[/a] sought to provide an immediate response when his troublesome deflected attempt was pushed over by Takac, as Gulsvart’s UCL hopes hung by a thread. That thread had seemingly been cut when [b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/yirajang-alasana/WxUOBLh7/"]Alasana Yirajang[/a] became the second Gambian to score on the night, after he also exploited space down the left-hand side and coolly dispatched a right-footed finish beyond Wallinder[/b] in the 78th minute.[/p][p]Ultimately, Karl Marius Aksum’s men exited the UCL with a whimper, and will have to settle for a place in the Europa League play-off round. [b]They face a tussle with either [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/pafos/n99DUVW8/"]Pafos[/a] or Red Bull Salzburg[/b], knowing that League Phase football is still assured even in defeat, as they will enter the UEFA Conference League.[/p][p]The Belasi have one more hurdle to surpass after claiming a seventh win in their last eight home UCL qualifiers. Victory over [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/ararat-armenia/xlT9cL89/"]Ararat-Armenia[/a] in the play-off round would end a two-season absence from the UCL league phase.[/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/soccer/europe/champions-league/"]Review all the latest UCL qualifying results on Flashscore.[/a][/b][/p]