Slavia lose 3-2 to Lens in Champions League opener

Slavia Prague lost 3-2 to French side Lens in their opening Champions League match on Thursday night. The Czech team twice took the lead despite being down to 10 players, but Lens scored twice in stoppage time to win the game.

The Czech champions have now gone 20 Champions League matches without a win in the main phase, a run stretching back to 2007. They will next face Azerbaijani side Sabah in Baku on October 13.