It does help when you get into the Europa league qualifiers after losing in the champions league.
That way you are put in a separate pot and generaly play the champions from the other smaller nations who lost out in the champs league, and have a much bigger chance of avoiding cup winners and 5th placed teams from Italy, Holland, Spain, Englandshire etc etc.
Also the Faroes team got a bye to this round due to their opposition falling foul of Covid.