Young Boys 5 : 0 Slovan Bratislava - Young Boys too good for Slovan

Young Boys made an impressive start to their Europa League group campaign with a comfortable 5-0 win over Slovan Bratislava in Bern.

The Swiss side, currently fourth in their domestic league, went ahead early on through Jan Lecjaks and Renato Steffen doubled their advantage before the half-hour mark.

Raphael Nuzzolo made it three just after the hour and Adrian Nikci added a fourth 10 minutes from time before Guillaume Hoarau completed the scoring at the death to put Young Boys top of Group I.

The hosts made the perfect start at the Wankdorf Stadium when Lecjaks found the bottom corner from inside the box after just five minutes.

Bratislava almost levelled after 17 minutes when a drilled 25-yard effort from Juraj Halenar hit Landry Mvogo's post.

Dusan Pernis then had to be alert in the visiting goal to keep out Moreno Costanzo's close-range attempt.

There was, however, little he could do after 29 minutes when Steffen headed into the roof of the net from six yards to put Young Boys two up.

Leonardo Bertone shot just wide shortly afterwards before Slovan twice went close to halving the arrears shortly before the break.

First, another long-range Halenar blast had Mvogo scrambling, the goalkeeper parrying the shot around the post.

And, after the resulting corner had been half cleared, Erik Grendel smacked an effort onto the bar from outside the area.

However, after 63 minutes the game was over as a contest when Florent Hadergjonaj found Nuzzolo from inside his own half and the midfielder slotted past Pernis.

Nikic powered into the top corner from 20 yards to make it four 10 minutes before the end, before Hoarau completed the scoring in the closing moments with a well-placed shot from inside the box.