Almaty's Kairat (U19) thrashed their peers from Montenegrin club Mladost Donja Gorica 8:1 at home in the return leg of the first round of the UEFA Youth League. This was reported by Qazaqyia.kz citing Kursiv Media.

The first match took place on 15 September. Zhora Harutyunyan's charges secured a big 5:0 away win. The return leg essentially became a formality. But it also ended with a big score.

Champions Path. First round. Return leg. 14 October

⚽ KAIRAT (Almaty, Kazakhstan) – MLADOST DONJA GORICA (Podgorica, Montenegro) 8:1 (4:0). First match 5:0. Goals: Ismagulov 5 (1:0), Orynbasar 28 penalty (2:0), Trubin 37 (3:0), Trubin 42 (4:0), Pantić 70 (4:1), Tashpulatov 76 (5:1), Toleukhan 79 (6:1), Nurzhan 88 penalty (7:1), Zhylkaidar 90+1 (8:1). Nikočević sent off (M, 87).

Already in the 5th minute, Tore Ismagulov opened the scoring from an assist by Yermukhammad Kerimkhan, who scored the third goal in Montenegro. At the end of the half-hour mark, Austrian referee Arnes Talić awarded a penalty. The decision for Andrija Brnović's foul against the same Kerimkhan was converted by Daulet Orynbasar – 2:0. Before the end of the first half, Artur Trubin managed to score a brace – 4:0.

After the break, the opponents exchanged goals from defenders. Montenegrin Petar Pantić's goal was answered by Daniyar Tashpulatov. Then the hosts' midfielders Abylai Toleukhan and Yerkin Nurzhan, who scored the second penalty, stood out. And the final touch to the match result was put by Abylai Zhylkaidar from an assist by Akezhan Kalikulov – 8:1.

Unlike last season, when the young Kairat players played in the league phase of the Youth League against the same opponents as the club's senior teams in the Champions League, the Almaty boys are now following the Champions Path. To reach the play-offs, they need to pass three qualifying rounds.

After Mladost, Kairat's youth team will face Hungarian MTK on 28 October and 4 November. If they win, the Almaty side will play either Maltese Valletta, Albanian Partizan, or Czech club Hradec Králové on 25 November and 9 December.

The draw for the Round of 32 of the UEFA Youth League will take place on 11 December in Nyon.

The format of the UEFA Youth League competition is as follows. In the first stage, 86 teams are divided into two large groups. 36 youth teams from clubs in the league phase of the senior Champions League follow the Champions League Path. The other 50 follow the Domestic Champions Path. Starting from the Round of 32, the paths merge.

The 22 best clubs out of the 36 in the Champions League Path advance to the Round of 32. At this stage, teams placed 1st to 6th will meet opponents placed 17th–22nd. And clubs placed 7th to 16th will play against the eight best teams of the Champions Path.