Why Thelin can’t cover up ’embarrassing’ Aberdeen loss

Willie Miller described Aberdeen’s record-setting 6-0 Conference League defeat at AEK Athens as “embarrassing.”

He is well-qualified to say that the club legend was the captain in one of their previous heaviest defeats in Europe.

Aberdeen resumed their former self-control in Greece despite recent improvement in domestic success. They are now at the bottom of the 36-team table after their second consecutive defeat.

Miller on Sportsound remarked, “Jimmy Thelin needs to address this and not conceal it.” He needs to let the fans know that this wasn’t good enough.

He might argue that they are learning at this level, but he also needs to address the fact that this hasn’t been done enough.

What can Aberdeen learn from their biggest defeat in Europe, though?

In Aberdeen’s box, AEK touched the ball 43 times, compared to 13 for their visitors. The Greeks completed 609 passes to 178, which was a much higher pass accuracy than the 77%) and 91% of passes (vs.

After allowing three goals in the opening half an hour, Thelin’s side will need to practice building up.

With only 27 minutes left, Niclas Eliasson scored a third while Aboubakary Koita opened the scoring with just 11 minutes left.

After the first half, a disgruntled Miller told BBC Sportsound, “It’s been a lesson.” It should be embarrassing, but it could get embarrassing.

I don’t believe Aberdeen thought that when you lose early goals, you need to think about the game a little more.

In the second half, the Dons experienced the same issues. After just ten minutes, AEK scored their fourth goal of the game in the second period.

After that, Thelin said, “We have a journey to take to reach another level and compete in Europe.” We must develop both this year and next to increase our ability to compete in these kinds of games.

The best I can do as a manager is to help my players and take lessons from them, according to the manager.

Aberdeen will need to practice if they want to succeed in the European stage with games against AEK Larnaca, FC Noah, Strasbourg, and Sparta Prague still in the pipeline.

Thelin’s side can’t really afford to invest any more time studying domestically.

The north-eastern club have games against Hibernian and Kilmarnock before the end of October, and they are currently second bottom of the Premiership with seven points from their first eight games.

Thelin added, “We have a super important game on Sunday, which is what’s most important right now.”