BALA Town skipper Chris Venables believes that the Lakesiders can still overturn their 2-1 deficit when they take on Swiss League side FC Vaduz in Liechtenstein on Thursday evening.

The former Welsh Premier League Golden Boot netted a crucial second half goal to halve the deficit in the home leg at Rhyl last week - and Colin Caton’s men will take plenty of heart from their positive second half showing.

Whilst the Lakesiders know they must keep things tight in the return leg at the Rheinpark Stadium, Venables believes that his side has shown that they can create enough chances to win.

“It’s still very much all to play for,” said 31-year-old Venables, who joined the Lakesiders at the start of last season from Aberystwyth Town.“We were a bit disappointed we didn’t get that second goal, and in the two goals that we conceded, to be fair.

“FC Vaduz were lively from the start, and it took us a while to adjust. But they didn’t hurt us too much during that time, other than the two chances they took.

“We had a stern talking to at half-time, but we picked up in the second half.”

Despite being relegated from the top flight of the Swiss League last season, FC Vaduz pose a very tough challenge for the Welsh Cup winners - but Venables says his side are still very much in this tie.

“They’re a good side, with a lot of good players, and they play good football,” he commented after the home leg. “But I felt that we matched them over the 90 minutes.

“It was important that we won the second half, and the goal keeps the tie alive.

“We had pretty much all the chances in the second half, and should have got another one or two goals.

“But that will give us confidence, and our focus is to go there and try to qualify.”

Meanwhile manager Colin Caton has called for a more clinical edge as Lakesiders look to progress in Liechtenstein.

"If we’d have taken our chances then we’d have won the game 5-2 and we’d have deserved that kind of a lead too after the chances we created," he said.

"As it stands, we’re trailing in the tie and we need to find better form in front of goal if we’re going to progress.

"I’m disappointed with the first half, the way we gifted them goals, but we’ve got making our mark when we have the chances.

"I hear it a lot when people say we should have got something from this game or that game, but we can’t defend like we did for the two goals.

"At this level you’ve got to take whatever chance you get – that’s the big difference, and we’ve got to step up to that challenge in the second leg.

"It’s going to be very difficult, but we’ll do everything we can once again to try and make more history for this football club."

He added: "We need to score two, but in the first leg we could have scored four or five, which is the most we’ve ever created on a European night.

"There are plenty of positives for us to build on, we just need to put in the level of performance we’re capable of and I’ll be happy, whatever the result."

Kick-off in Vaduz, at the 7,500 capacity Rheinpark - the national stadium of Liechtenstein - will be at 7pm local time, 6pm in Wales.