Late Keena penalty gives St Pats slender advantage over Hegelmann in European opener

A one-goal advantage is theirs to build in Kaunas next week, setting up a second-round tie against either Nomme Kalju (Estonia) and Partizani (Albania)

Aidan Keena scores past the Hegelmann keeper from the spot. Picture: Ben McShane/Sportsfile

Uefa Conference League first round, first leg: St Patrick's Athletic 1 (A Keena pen 81) FC Hegelmann 0.

A goal famine of 400 minutes forced Stephen Kenny into a substitution that paved the way for St Patrick’s Athletic accruing a slender first-leg lead in their European opener.