Larne fell to a 2-1 defeat away to Lincoln Red Imps despite an early goal from Matty Lusty.
Lusty scored his second goal in three European outings to give Larne a 15th minute lead in the game played in Estadio Algarve in Portugal.
However the home side hit back with two goals before half-time to earn the 2-1 victory ahead of Thursday’s return leg at Inver Park.
More to follow…
Lincoln Red Imps: N Garcia, Ayew, Lopes, Munoz (’82 Yahaya), N Gonzalez, Torrilla, Martinez, De Barr, Gomez (’66 Villacanas), Britto (’82 Casciaro), T Garcia (’89 Charles)
Subs: Pozo, Valarino, Lopez, Martin, Smith, Bent, Burnet, Sciortino
Larne: Ferguson, Cosgrove, Want (73 McEneff), Bolger, Ives, Graham, Gallagher, Thomson, Sloan (’90 Glynn), Ryan, Lusty (’76 Magee)
Subs: D Graham, Altintop, McKendry, Devlin, O’Neill
Referee: Ishmael Barbara (Matla)
