Falkirk have ended their first foray into Europe but have a taste for building on the disappointment of losing out.

Falkirk manager Eddie May was disappointed to watch his side's Europa League 1-0 first leg lead disappear in a game that needed extra time in Liechtenstein last night. FC Vaduz snatched the equaliser in the first half thanks to defender Emil Noll and then left winger Franz Burgmeier got the decisive second goal that took them through in the first period of extra-time. Despite the result ,May refused to be too downbeat. Vaduz have little history in Europe and come from the small Alpine principality with a population of just 35,000. But they have players with German Bundesliga experience and May, whose new-look young side are only just emerging, is optimistic that he saw good things from his side.

He said: "It was a tough night. The first half was poor the way we played, but what I will say is that our back four were absolutely fantastic the majority of the night. Once I get the right players in the midfield and forward areas I think you will see a massive difference. We had a couple of boys who were carrying knocks, but unfortunately we've not got the biggest of squads. I'm not going to make that as an excuse. The tie has come far too early from us. I think they are a week from their season. If we were to play them a week before our season I'm more than confident we would do better. We have never been in Europe before and it's a learning curve for everybody."

May, who debated the red card for Carl Finnigan after the final whistle for an alleged elbow, felt positives included the fine display of young Austrian keeper Robert Olejnik. He went on: "I've got great confidence in Robert. I don't think there is a better goalkeeper in Scotland for his age. It's up to him to take the next stage, to believe in himself. He'll make mistakes like anybody else but it's how you react."

Vaduz coach Pierre Littbarski felt his side were worthy winners as he looks forward to taking on Slovan Liberec of the Czech Republic in the third round. The German said: "We dominated the game for 90 minutes, tons of chances. Their goalkeeper was really great too. We deserved it really. I promised we would show much better football and I was very happy with the performance."
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