BELGRADE, July 24 (Xinhua) -- Red Star Belgrade beat Lithuanian champion Suduva Marijampole 3-0 at home in the first leg of the second qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League on Tuesday.

The match started with a minute of silence honouring the victims of the recent fire in Greece.

The home team took the initiative from the first minute and Lorenzo Ebecilio secured the initial lead in the 23rd minute with 20-meter-long shot.

Twelve minutes later, Nemanja Radonjic caught a deflected shot from Suduva's goalkeeper and achieved the second goal for the Serbian team, setting the halftime score at 2-0.

In the second half, Red Star continued pressing the Lithuanian team, resulting in one more goal by Radonjic, who made a great long shot on 58 minutes.

The two teams will play again in the second leg in Lithuania on Aug. 1.