Micheál Glynn feels Larne's Charity Shield meeting with Crusaders will be the perfect preparation for their Champions League qualifier with HJK Helsinki.
The league winners take on the Irish Cup winners in the NIFL Charity Shield in partnership with White Ribbon NI at Inver Park next Saturday.
It is an earlier than usual date for the traditional curtain raiser to help both teams with some valuable preparation ahead of their European ties.