Larne qualified for the league phase of this competition thanks to a dramatic run through the qualifiers that saw them beat Ballkani on penalties before Andy Ryan’s hat-trick edged Lincoln Red Imps in a thrilling second leg.

The County Antrim side, who lost 3-0 to Molde in their opener last month, had league fixtures postponed during the period and are now working through the fixture backlog.

Saturday’s draw with Crusaders meant the side have won just four of nine domestic fixtures this season.

Meanwhile, thanks to the League of Ireland’s status as a summer league, Shamrock Rovers are embroiled in a tense conclusion to another title race, sat third with a pair of games to play but just two points behind leaders Shelbourne.

“It’s an experience we have to enjoy, have to embrace,” added Lynch.

“But also we have to make sure that the domestic league is our bread and butter. We know that from the 22 December, the Europa stuff is over and we can concentrate fully on our domestic league.

“There’s lots of things going on that we have to keep an eye on but we know what we want to do, we have a gameplan. Whether that works over the course of seven or eight months, I don’t know, but it’s something we’ve been working towards.”