LARNE came close to breaking the deadlock on mroe than one occasion but had to settle for a goalless draw with Iberia 1999 in the opening leg of the Europa League third qualifying round tie at Inver Park on Tuesday.
Sean Graham and Tomas Cosgrove had chances late in the first half as Gary Haveron’s men pushed for the breakthrough.
It means there will be all to play for when the two sides meet in Tblisi on Tuesday night.
Larne: Ferguson, Ridley, Donnelly, Gallagher, Graham, Doherty (’75 Simpson), Cosgrove, Sloan (’65 McEneff), Bent, Lusty (’75 O’Hara), Gibson (’65 O’Neill)
Subs: Carney, Wallace, McKendry, Magee, Ukek
FC Iberia 1999: Makaridze, Selimovic, Jinjolva, Dadiani, Kardava, Natchkhebia, Bartishvili (’59 Dzagania), Sikharulashvili, Amisulashvili, Kutsia (’77 Alhassan), Kobuladze
Subs: Megrelishvili,, Ende, Kuliiev, Chikhradze, Botchorishvili, Cahnturia
Referee: Mohammad Al-Emara (Finland)
