Sigma Olomouc piled the misery on Aberdeen to inflict their biggest ever aggregate defeat in Europe with a 3-0 win.
Dons go out with a whimper
Sigma Olomouc piled the misery on Aberdeen to inflict their biggest ever aggregate defeat in Europe with a 3-0 win on Thursday to progress 8-1 on aggregate.
Already 5-1 up from the first leg of the third qualifying round tie, the Czech
side showed no mercy as they romped to victory at the Andruv Stadium.
All the goals came before half-time, with Tomas Janotka, a Marek Kascak penalty and Michal Hubnik - his second of the tie - all finding the net.
It could have been worse but for outstanding Dons goalkeeper Jamie Langfield, who also saved from the spot.
Any thoughts the visitors had of salvaging some pride were ended inside a
quarter of an hour as their opponents picked up where they left off at
Pittodrie.
Opener
It took less than six minutes for Janotka to fire Sigma ahead from the rebound
after Tomas Horava's effort had hit the post.
It was 2-0 eight minutes later after Mark Kerr brought down the goalscorer
inside the penalty box and Kascak sent Langfield the wrong way from the spot.
In between the goals, Chris Maguire twice went close, seeing his first effort parried by Petr Drobisz and his second drift wide.
Sigma showed no sign of easing up, with both Ladislav Onofrej and Horava
letting fly from range but too close to Langfield.
Sone Aluko followed suit at the other end midway through the half before Lee
Miller nodded a Charlie Mulgrew corner over the bar.
With half-time approaching, Langfield held onto a Hubnik header and a shot from Horava.
Beaten
But he was beaten for the eighth time in the tie in stoppage-time as Hubnik
escaped the attentions of Mulgrew and slotted the ball home.
The pummelling looked set to continue three minutes into the second half after
Langfield felled Jakub Petr in the area.
But the goalkeeper - named in the Scotland squad this week - made amends with a fine save from Michal Ordos, who had come on for the excellent Horava during the interval.
Langfield picked up a yellow card for the foul but was at his best again to
beat away another Ordos effort.
The keeper also grasped a long-range shot from Petr, who was withdrawn for
Pavel Sultes shortly before the hour mark.
The substitute almost immediately forced another outstanding stop from
Langfield and Aluko blazed over from distance at the other end.
Otepka and Sultes both tested Langfield again before the final whistle put the visitors out of their misery.
