You did very well against a team of better ranking. A bit of luck and you could have made it!
It's going to be hard in Europe this season... For my next game the simulator predicts only 30% for next round. Seems like EL-playoff (and a bad feeling that Denmark might not be present in Europe this season....)
And I don´t think it will get easier to qualify in the future. You will suffer from insufficient ranking points (3 games vs teams of higher ranking in order to qualify). Looking at some of the top teams in ELq2, the road to group stage seems very long and hard...
NB. What´s up with the nightmare start in the league (focus on EL qualification or just bad luck)?