A 2-0 defeat to Bruno’s Magpies has left the Candystripes with a mountain to climb in the return leg at the Brandywell.
DERRY CITY WERE left red-faced by minnows Bruno’s Magpies who scored two second-half goals in the sweltering heat at the Europa Point Stadium in Gibraltar to earn just their second European victory since the club’s formation in 2013.
Derry didn’t learn from their mistake and with eight minutes to go, Carlos Garcia’s in-swinging free-kick from deep was met by the head of Mexican centre half Fransciso Zuniga who powered his effort beyond Brian Maher. It was Derry who threatened first as Paul McMullan found the feet of O’Reilly who took a touch before rifling a dipping strike from 25 yards off the top of the crossbar with four minutes on the clock.
Connolly screwed a shot well wide of the mark in the fourth minute of first-half stoppage time and it proved the last meaningful action as the teams went in at the break scoreless.
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