Invermen left with a mountain to climb after 3-0 first leg defeat to RFS
Tiernan Lynch believes a lack of self-belief contributed to Larne's chastening 3-0 first leg defeat in their Champions League tie at the hands of RFS on Wednesday night.
“We talked about it pre-match but there’s definitely an ongoing issue with a confidence that we belong at this level," said Lynch. “There’s an element of a lack of belief in our ability that we belong at this level and can play at this level. There was a scare within the first minute of action when Ivorian forward Ismail Diomande skipped past two challenges on the left flank to waltz his way into the box but, thankfully for the visitos his dangerous low cross evaded everyone before the ball was cleared up field.
The visitors then had a let off on 17 minutes after a VAR intervention. A dangerous free-kick into the Larne box was eventually stabbed into the goal with the assistant referee keeping his flag down. However, after a delay of a couple of minutes referee Ondrej Berka signalled his video assistant had ruled the goal out for offside.
The Latvian Champions then stretched their lead with an hour the clock. Cian Bolger was booked for a foul just outside the box and Serbian midfielder Stefan Panic stepped up to send a right-footed effort arrowing into the top right corner of Ferguson’s goal.
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