published: tuesday 15 july 2014, 22.40cet cliftonville fc 0-0 debreceni vsc
the hosts went close through chris curran and joe gormley, while ıbrahim sidibe hit the bar for debrecen in the first leg in belfast.
cliftonville fc and debreceni vsc shared a goalless draw in the opening leg of their uefa champions league second qualifying round tie.
northern ırish champions cliftonville were knocked out by celtic fc at this stage last season, but had chances to make a winning start to their 2014/15 campaign at solitude. the best of those opportunities fell to chris curran and joe gormley, but visiting goalkeeper nenad novaković was up to the task to leave things evenly balanced ahead of next week's second instalment in hungary.
having survived those early openings for curran and gormley, debrecen went on to have the better of the first half, aleksandar jovanović, ádám bódi and józsef varga all threatening conor devlin's goal with headers.
ıbrahim sidibe struck the bar early in the second half as debrecen continued to enjoy superior possession, but curran spurned another fine chance late on when he fired straight at novaković. there was still time for devlin to thwart selim bouadla to ensure honours were shared ahead of next week's return.
yardımcı hakemler: rui tavares (por), alvaro mesquita (por)
4. hakem: paulo batista (por)
cliftonville: conor devlin (gk), jamie mcgovern, ronan scannell (c), barry johnston, johnny flynn, chris curran, martin donnelly (dk. 63 stephen garrett), eamonn seydak (dk. 83 george mcmullan), ryan catney, joe gormley (dk. 90+2 martin murray), tomas cosgrove
yedekler: ryan brown (gk), mark smyth, jude winchester, ciaran caldwell
teknik direktör: tommy breslin (nir)
debrecen: nenad novaković (gk), selim bouadla, pál lázár, norbert mészáros (c), péter máté, ibrahim sidibe, ádám bódi (dk. 79 rene mihelič), józsef varga, tibor tisza (dk. 45+1 l'imam seydi), mihály korhut, aleksandar jovanović (dk. 86 laszlo zsidai)
yedekler: vukašin poleksić (gk), joel damahou, igor morozov, dušan brković
teknik direktör: elemér kondás (hun)
sarı kartlar: dk. 51 martin donnelly (cliftonville) dk. 78 mihály korhut (debrecen)
