Aberdeen v FCSB

[swaddon2]

European football returns to Pittodrie on Thursday evening at 7:45 pm local time as the 1983 Super Cup winners take on the 1986 Super Cup winners in the UEFA Europa League play-off.

FCSB once beat Barcelona in the 1980s, but they actually won a cup for it.

FCSB are the champions of Romania, but lost in the Champions League qualifying round to FC Shkendija, who we once beat. I don't know anything about their team or how good/pish they are, but I fancy the Dons to take a slender lead to Bucharest after a 1-0 win.

[TheDeeDon]

Not in for this one.

Work keeps me away, like it will every other Thursday night game.

☹️

[57vintage]

FCSB once beat Barcelona in the 1980s, but they actually won a cup for it.

Splendid. I suspect there may be a barbed reference in that, but my memory?s befuddled by the research I?m currently doing into the history of the Dewar Shield, Forfarshire Cup, bottled cup finals, and the Funso Ojo Assault Championship.

[swaddon2]

Not in for this one.

Work keeps me away, like it will every other Thursday night game.

☹️

Same for me. Though I will take the day off for the final.

I always want the Dons to win, but I wouldn't mind if we dropped down to the Conference League. We might get easier opponents and have a better chance of progressing.

[Don Julio]

This. I?d rather see us play teams we stand a chance of beating in a competition where we might progress.

[blowupsheep]

I have no idea why I feel so sure about this but I honestly think we will progress from this tie 3-0 on aggregate 2-0 in the home leg and will win the away leg 1-0

Nae like me to be so confident and I have no idea where this is coming from

COYR

[swaddon2]

This. I?d rather see us play teams we stand a chance of beating in a competition where we might progress.

These lot have already qualified for the Europa League stage. I dinna fancy our chances against any of them. Especially that Bologna, I hear their captain is nae bad.

Pot 1

(9) Italy Roma CC: 104.500
(18 ) Portugal Porto CC: 79.750
(26) Netherlands Feyenoord CC: 71.000
(31) France Lille CC: 66.000
(38 ) Croatia Dinamo Zagreb CC: 56.000
(40) Spain Real Betis CC: 52.250


Pot 1/2

(44) Austria Red Bull Salzburg CC: 48.000
(46) England Aston Villa CC: 47.250
Pot 2

(51) France Lyon CC: 43.750
(56) Czech Republic Viktoria Plzeň CC: 39.250


Pot 2/3

(74) Germany SC Freiburg CC: 28.000
(new) England Nottingham Forest CC: 23.039
Pot 3

(87) France Nice CC: 20.000


Pot 3/4

(89) Italy Bologna CC: 19.446
(new) Spain Celta Vigo CC: 18.890
(102) Germany VfB Stuttgart CC: 17.226
(123) Netherlands Go Ahead Eagles CC: 13.430

[blowupsheep]

Have no fkn idea if any of these three players would be in their starting line up, wee boost if the are regulars and not able to travel

FCSB face a nervous wait to secure visas for three of their players ahead of their Europa League play-off first leg in Aberdeen on Thursday.

Defenders Risto Radunovic of Montenegro and South African Siyabonga Ngezana, and midfielder Baba Alhassan of Ghana, have not yet secured their visas to make the trip to Pittodrie for the first leg against Jimmy Thelin’s side.

[Shetland Don]

Game’s live on the BBC tomorrow night.

[swaddon2]

Jimmy has been standing his hand at the chipper. In between mouthfuls of mock chop supper, he's said a few things to the media about the game.

Shayden Morris is injured, so one of the new wingers, Kenan Bilalovic may deputise for him.
Mats Knoester is back from injury, but Lazetic is a few weeks away from making his debut.
He says FCSB may be nae bad, but we're focusing on what we can do.