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O'Flynn had claims for a penalty waved aside by the Swiss referee, who allowed a lot of heavy challenges go unpunished in the opening half.
However the visitors forced their way into the game and had two goals disallowed for offside before they opened the scoring on 28 minutes.
Centre-half Martin Latka and midfielder Svento were involved as the latter fed right-winger Pitak, who scored with a low drive which beat Michael Devine.
Cork had a goal cancelled out themselves when a Greg O'Halloran header set up Neale Fenn to nudge the ball home from two yards, but again the linesman's flag ruled the goal out.
Damien Richardson's side continued in vain to search for an opening but suffered another blow just after the hour mark as Stanislav Vlcek put Slavia 2-0 up on the night.
Yicek was on hand to strike home a rebound after a brilliant reflex save from City goalkeeper Devine.
The Leesiders gave the 7,000 home fans something to cheer about for their great support on a wet and windy night,when George O'Callaghan thumped a penalty down the middle of the Prague net.