By Stewart Fisher in Tirana

SCOTLAND Under-21 star Rory Loy is desperate to help Dunfermline to a Scottish Cup Final place - even though he would almost certainly be prevented from playing if parent club Rangers are the opposition.

The 21-year-old forward is loving life out on loan at East End Park, and has played his part in taking the Fifers to a semi-final against Falkirk next month.

The Ibrox club take on St Mirren the day before, however, and one possible scenario for Loy is that small print would cost him his place in Scottish football's glamour game, much as it did to Jim O'Brien on the Fifers' last final appearance two years ago.

"I don't really know what will happen but I have the understanding that I wouldn't get to play," Loy said.

"But at the end of the day that's life and I'll do the best I can for Dunfermline and hopefully I can get them to a final for the team as a whole, not just for me.

"Ultimately, I want to play in the Rangers first team, but I have enjoyed every minute of it at Dunfermline.

"They are a great bunch of boys and Jim McIntyre is a really good manager."

Loy and his Rangers pal John Fleck were only used as late substitutes as Billy Stark's Under-21 side got their European Championship qualifying campaign off and running with a fine 1-0 win against their Albanian counterparts in Elbasan on Saturday.

Loy's international commitments cost him the chance to play any part in Dunfermline's damaging Irn Bru first division midweek defeat against Ross County.

He is happy, however, just to be part of the Under-21's squad, but hopeful of playing a bigger role in the return match against the same opposition at the Falkirk Stadium on Wednesday evening.

"I don't want to come all this way and sit on the bench for 90 minutes so I was disappointed about that part, but I was obviously delighted with the result," Loy said.

"I would have loved to have got on earlier, but that is the way the manager saw it.

"It is his decision at the end of the day. It is a squad game and these qualifiers are a long journey.

"It is a chance to represent your country, and I am just delighted to be involved in this whole experience."

It took a penalty kick from Aberdeen's Chris Maguire with four minutes left to secure the three points on Saturday.

The young Scots, however, can extend their advantage at the top of Group 10 to six points if they can repeat the feat at Falkirk on Wednesday.

But with height on their side, and the talented Jahmir Hyka of German side Mainz in their ranks, Albania will be no pushovers.

"Any country like this regardless of the standard they might play at it is a hard place to come so it was a good result," Loy said.

"It was a tight game, but we probably had the more clear-cut chances so I think we probably did deserve to win it in the end.

"We weren't battering the door down, it was more that we had to be patient.

"We were patient, and we got what we deserved in the game, and now we need to take this same form into Wednesday night."