Craig Harrison happy with home victory
It's advantage The New Saints in their UEFA Champions League opener after carving a 2-1 first leg victory at home to San Marino outfit Tre Penne.
But the Welsh Premier champions would be disappointed not to be making next week's return leg to San Marino with a far healthier lead after failing to turn their dominance into goals.
Boss Craig Harrison admitted his TNS side had enough chances to have made the scoreline more emphatic, but was happy enough with the victory.
"We're certainly pleased with another Champions League win at home, but I think it's a bit more of a tale of opportunities missed," he said. "We've had some good chances and on another day we could probably have scored probably five.
"The goal against us was terrible, coming four or five minutes after we had scored, but apart from that we did really well."
Tre Penne, the competition's lowest seeds, went into the rain-drenched tie at Park Hall having conceded 36 goals in their previous eight outings on the European stage.
But the Sammarinese team managed to keep their hopes alive with an away goal from Stafano Fraternali, either side of strikes from Scot Quigley and Jamie Mullan, with all the goals coming in the first half.
Should they progress, TNS will face a far tougher prospect against Cyprus champions APOEL Nicosia in the second qualifying round.
The Cypriots are the country's most successful club with an overall tally of 25 championships, 21 cups and 13 super cups.
