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Scotland
March Fixtures





European Championships Qualifier Match
Norway 1-0 Scotland
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An abysmal result but a new look squad will take time to settle in. Worst of all its a player i picked up on a free in my 2nd season that got the goal for Norway that also featured former Dons Markus Henriksen & Alexander Ronningen


European Championships Qualifier Match
Scotland 5-2 Finland
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A better result but still a minging performance. This group may not be as easy as i thought as we fall out of the top 30 in the world.




Table
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Norway make a stonking start after beating us they humped Wales and beating them at Hampden is now a must.



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End of season


We win our 5 final games and achieve 3 of the 5 records that were in sight going into the split



Fixtures




Aberdeen 3-0 Hearts
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Celtic 0-1 Aberdeen
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Rangers 0-3 Aberdeen
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Aberdeen 3-1 Partick
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Record points is achieved but we came so close to bagging two records. We were 3 goals clear within 30 minutes and i deccided to go more attacking, remembering the 9 we put past them at the start of the season but sadly all it led to was opening the back door and Msaki conceded his 1st goal since February. Up to Hibs now to defend there keepers clean sheet record


Hibs 1-3 Aberdeen
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77 minutes we kept the back door shut and it could only be one man. Scotland's future and one of only 2 SPL starting players i've been tempted to buy Jack Connolly ended Msakni's clean sheet record dream. After that we piled forward looking for the 3 goals that would overtake Hearts 132 season goal record but no goals followed so both capital teams keep there records for another year at least.




SPFL Table
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Our title was never in doubt and we've talked about us enough. The big story in Hibs and Hearts overtaking the Old firm and Hibs nabbing a spot in the Champions League. Celtic will need to win next weeks Scottish Cup final to have a place in next years Europa League. At the other end Hamilton lost every game after the split and ended up last. Dundee Utd couldnt play themselves out of trouble and have a play off with Forfar to stay up.




Records Achieved




Record points 107
How Celtic ever got 102 is beyond me


Ave rating record
Mattias Klein 8.17
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Record League assists
Ross Macauley 20
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Records failed
Goals in a season 130, two short of Hearts all time best 132


Clean sheet record
Tied at 23



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Scotland
June Fixtures




Squad
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Scott Bain suddenly retired at 31 years old so i need a new no3 keeper




Friendly
Scotland 0-2 South Africa
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Wrong time to use the assistant manager



European Championships Qualifier Match
Wales 0-3 Scotland
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Our old striker Griffiths & future striker Jack Connolly both got on the scoresheet but wow the Welsh are in a mess. With Bale now retired from internationals there new great hope Rob Saunders has not quite clicked yet as there group position will tell you.




Table
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As suspected it looks like its going to come down to the Norway game in September.



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End of Season 2022/23






Scotland
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As long as it took with work and my join save with Klippybo this was one of my favorite season. We had high targets Achieved record points & set our highest goals scoring mark at 130. We came so close to a few others too. The only sad thing is that it really feels like this is the end of my 2nd and most successful cycle of players. Klein, Grangier & a few others are unhappy and wanting to move to bigger teams so we'll see how many players come back next year.


League goals still on the to do list
Celtic's 25 games won in a row
Hearts 132 goals
Rangers league record 35 wins
Biggest League Win Celtic 9-0 Aberdeen
Clean sheets in a row 8 Hibs
Clean sheets in a season 23 Sam Johnstone




After Aberdeen it was Hibs and Hearts sneaking ahead of Rangers while Celtic fumbled on behind. Paul Hartley may need the Scottish cup to keep his job as well as Celtic in Europe. Partick are emerging as the 6th force in the league. Only the league split makes the gap look respectable. Dundee & Falkirk will need good summers to get ahead of Morton, who are likly to spend again and catch Partick. Raith to there credit are still hanging on in there as the smallest team in the league while Dundee Utd really needed a few years to rebuild after half a decade in the lower leagues go right back to the championship amazingly loosing to Forfar who take over from Raith as the smallest team in the SPL. Hamilton go down and were dire in doing so and will be replaced with another team that's spent many years away Kilmarnock.

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Montrose & Vale of Leithen featured in the playoff again with Montrose winning for the second year in a row on Penaltys. As we approach a decade in the save we still wait for a team to drop down or be promoted through multiple divisions except Forfar.

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Big League review
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One of those rare years i get all the league's before the playoffs
The Premiership looked even worse than Leicester 1 team rush to the title in real life as Man City waltzed to the title, Pretty easy when you have Dybala scoring 30, Morata scoring 20 and De Bruyne adding 25 assists. Sunderland do some job to finish 8th
Spain was the most exciting league this season with an amazing 3 way battle for the title won by Real Madrid on head to head record. Even closer was the fight for 4th. Three teams tied on 66 points with Valencia just 1 point back
Leverkusen pushed Bayern all the way but in the end the usual suspects just managed to hold on. Big teams Stuttgart & Werder Bremen were relegated
Then in France Monaco & PSG had less impressive seasons but no change in the order of the big 4.






Aberdeen 2022/23
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Lozano settled into the league and had a classy 2nd season as Macauley developed immeasurably and took the AMR role as his own. Borja Garcia played all the big games and is still our best AMC. Frizzell has seemingly reached his limit and would still be a good back up at worst. Adam Smith was still our worst starting player but at 21 showed a huge step up in form from his first season. Klein's season was ruined by injury




Aberdeen Fans player awards
Matthias Klein
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I'm going to get slaughtered if i let him leave.






Aberdeen Finances
Final Balance £72m = +£12m
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Champions League prize money is the key and as we are now built to reach the group stage, which is pretty much guarantee at the moment. Reaching the last 16 should guarantee us a profitable season but with a new stadium, of which there's been no word on in over a year we still have to watch them dolla's. Were the 46th richest team in the world.








Other Competitions




Champions League
Barcelona 2-0 Tottenham
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How many more times are we going to loose to eventual champions before we get some luck in these draws.


Europa League
Hoffenheim 1-0 Man Utd
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The Germans giant killed there way to the final and the biggest giant kill of them all






Scottish Teams in Europe
Aberdeen - Champions League Last 16
Rangers - Europa League Last 16
Celtic - Europa League Group
Hibs - Europa League Play Group
Hearts - Europa League Play-Off






European Rankings
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Aberdeen move up a spot to 26th while Rangers are the first team apart from ourselves to get over 10,000 points in a season.




Awards




SPL Player of the year
Hirving Lozano
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Klein got the goals, Macauley got the assists but Lozano contributed plenty of both and deserved the award.




SPL Young Player of the year
Alan Granger
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3 seasons after he first won this award at 21 Granger has recently talked about a U-turn on deciding to leave and wants to talk about a new deal.




SPL Top Scorer
Matthias Klein
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First player to win this 5 years in a row




Scottish team of the year
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10/11 come from Pittodrie. If only Smith scored more goals in Klein's absence we could have had all 11



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Pre Season 2022/23



Our worst summer so far. Players asking for moves, We loose our best youth prospect as well as a starting CB and a few back up players who were ready for the first team


Not all bad however Smith, Grangier, Msakni and Pajic all sign new deals meaning there is no players we must sell this summer and the next key player in a contract position is Matthias Klein in two summers time but obviously that will need delt with by this time next year.




Manager Changes
Kiko Csilla - Villarreal
Gerardo Martino - AS Nancy




Season Targets
SPL - Winners & Break all key records
Scottish Cup - Win
League Cup - Win
Champions League - Last 16


It feels like we've got a second shot at the records with this team. Will be a miracle if we can keep Klein so i take this as our last chance break records with him and god know how long it will be till we can bed in another lead striker.






Pre season friendly's
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We drew with Bayern but won the other 10 games of a busy summer.






Pre Season Prices
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Celtic got a player into the dream 11 in Julio Torres while signing dutchman Terance Kongolo as well as the young Torres Other youngsters Jan Kiss & Kwon Yong-Chan as well as resigning Ryan Christie from Aberdeen. Hibs Ben Mcllroy rejected Aston Villa in the Premiership to the shock of everyone, They were also in the resigning buisness bringing Michael Devlin back from Rangers. Two loan players and Scotland international Ryan Fraser sum up a great summer, especially holding on to our star players. Rangers make a stand out signing in Ivorian wing back Cheick Diallo as well as the smart free signing of Man Utd youth player Simon Stephens and relegated Stuttgart defender David Kinsombi as well as a few depth players and Loans from the Premiership. Hearts as usual were the last to act swapping a few players with Rangers, picking up loans and free players late in July. Other major moves were Morton adding Matt Ritchie




Aberdeen Transfers
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This year we make the rare move to buy 2 players for the first team based on players we've lost


Ayoze Perez AT
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With Joe Smith going down with a broken leg right after we had loaned our two top prospects and lost our 3rd choice striker forcing a move we really needed a 2nd choice striker. Ayoze is far from a perfect choice and at 30 years old he will have little resale value but depending on Smith's recovery i could get a good fee for Perez in January or next summer.


Joel Gomez DC
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This was perhaps the biggest stroke of luck i've had in the save so far. Juan Prieto demanded a move and was into the last 12 months of his contract he had to move on and we only managed to pick up £6m for him. In return we found a Barcelona train youth prospect that may already be the best defender in the SPL for how much you ask? £1.5m. Thanks


3 Youths also join
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Out
We've already discussed Juan Prieto so onto the rest. Branislav Docic was my no 1 prospect but would not sign a new deal so we had to move him on. Steven Bergwijn was signed with nothing but good intention but due to circumstance every season this was going to be his chance this season but he wouldnt sign a new deal and we only ended up wit ha few million back for our wasted years on both sides. Youth prospects that didnt develop Tomas Hasek & John Duff moved on, Darren Randolph retired and half the back ups were loaned out






World Transfers


June
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June PSG spend £85m twice including buying the man that scored the winner in the Champions League final


July
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And now we see why as Man City broke the world record spending £150m for midfielder Kofi Afful. Scott Oliver Burke joined Dortmund for £20m






SPL Transfers
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Squad
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Nikola Pajic will put Ross Macauley under pressure. Gomez replaces Prieto the rest is pretty much the same




Youth team
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Starting 11
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You would imagine FC Nordsjaelland are absolutely kicking themselves given how much he went for one season later, my word I hope they included a sell on clause..
 



August


Axel Hock and Mattias Klein open contract talks. This could be massive for us if our two best players change there tune and sign on for 5 more seasons.



Fixtures


Dundee 1-1 Aberdeen
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Terrible start as we throw the game away with 2 minutes to go, for the win record we can only drop points in 2 more games.


Betfred Cup 2nd Round
Falkirk 1-2 Aberdeen
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Aberdeen 3-0 Rangers
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Aberdeen 5-0 Morton
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SPFL Table
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Celtic are perfect and lead us all. Rangers won both games away from Pittodrie. Forfar may have to enjoy this picture as there up in 11th




Champions League draw
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We are still only 3rd seeds hence why we have another tricky draw Louie Van Gal's Chelsea and the permanent German champions stand in our way of the last 16. Viktoria Plzen should secure a top 3 finish for us however.






August Transfers



World transfers
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SPL Transfers
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Celtic make big moves as Paul Hartley trys to rebuild the Parkhead team.




Aberdeen
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We sign a Serbian U18 to make up for the £5m sale of Pedro Amorim and we loan out Rakic again and Craig Hendrie who is too good for our u20s but not good enough to push the starting CB's



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Scotland
September Fixtures




Squad
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New starting keeper aside there are few changes. Sutherland has been really goot at Crystal Palace and just came out of the u21s. Connolly is now the no1 striker now that Griffiths is not starting for Celtic and is 33




European Championships Qualifier Match
Scotland 3-1 Kazakhstan
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A goal down and a man down right after half time. Thank god for Oli Burke coming off the bench to regain the starting spot on the right wing


European Championships Qualifier Match
Scotland 2-0 Norway
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Its in our hands again after the most tense game i can remember in years. We took the lead just before half time through Adam Frizzell injurying a Norway defender along the way. Up till the 88th minute it was squeaky *** time We had plenty chances but FINALLY Oli Burke struck his 4th goal of the week to put us in pole position to win the group and reach Euro 2024




Table
We and Norway have 3 games to play and now we hold the tie breaker head to head results so getting results is all that matters. We both have home games against Wales that could decide it as i'd expect we would both beat Kazakhstan & Finland



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September


3 Of our main players sign new deals ensuring our long term future
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Fixtures


Partick 1-5 Aberdeen
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Aberdeen 4-0 Hibs
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Champions League Match 1
Aberdeen 2-2 Chelsea
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Twice we led and twice we let Chelsea back into it. Shouldnt feel mad about a draw with Chelsea but finishing in the top 2 will probably mean beating Bayern once in our double header in October & November


Falkirk 0-3 Aberdeen
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Betfred Cup Q/F
Aberdeen 3-0 Celtic
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Only 3 more like. We totally dominated them and even managed to miss a penalty along the way


Aberdeen 2-2 Celtic
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Then in the League it was a totally different story. Celtic had more than there share of chances and twice had the lead. A late Richard goal earned him man of the match but now we cant drop a single point in the league if we are to set a new record for Wins & points in a season.




SPFL Table
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Aberdeen lead the way but in a rare turn of events Celtic are right on our tail just 1 point behind and the chasing pack of Dundee, Rangers & Hearts only 3 points further back. Grim start for Partick at the other end. Forfar make a heroic start to the season.




Champions League
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A point gained or 2 lost> you choose but let us hope Viktoria Plzen's performance in Munich was a one off.



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Scotland
October Fixtures






European Championships Qualifier Match
Finland 0-4 Scotland
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Big win for us but while we were comfortably beating the land of the rally drivers Norway were getting hammered by Wales in Oslo to put us 1 win away from the Euro's


Friendly
Scotland 3-1 Senegal
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A world Rankings boosting game for by week.




Table
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As above if we win in Wales or Kazakhstan we'll win the Group.



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October




Fixtures

Champions League match 2
Viktoria Plzen 0-3 Aberdeen
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Easiest win of the year


Aberdeen 3-0 Forfar
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Raith 0-4 Aberdeen
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Champions League match 3
Aberdeen 1-1 Bayern
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All the action happens at either end of the match. Gerson gave Bayern the lead after 7 minutes only for Lozano to equalise right away. It went pretty quiet till stoppage time when both sides had a great chance each to win it but a point each was probably fair all be it not good enough for our top 2 ambitions.


League Cup Semi Final
Hearts 1-3 Aberdeen
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We lost on pens last year so im delighted to announce that FM have decided this was our 30th consecutive match unbeaten in the league cup. Was never in doubt after 2 early goals from Klein and a red card for Hearts Perry Kitchen all before Klien completed his hattrick.


Dundee await in the final
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SPFL Table
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Early on, not even a quarter of the way through the season but Celtic look like there here to stay in a title fight. Dundee have come back into form after few dodgy managers & season while Partick have had a utter disaster of a season. No wins for a team that was a solid top 6 team the last 2 year, not had many changes to there squad and not lost any key players.




Champions League
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November will decide our fate with trips to Chelsea & Munich before they face off on the final game but a result from either of those games is vital then we'll need a favor in the final game.



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This is Absolutely Incredible mate,

I've really struggled to get into Fm recently and this story has gave me some motivation to get back into a long term challenge/save when i'm off work next week.

Wanted to try Roma again or Ajax but the Scottish challenge does sound up my street too.

Would be amazing to turn Ajax into that European Giants once again.

Thanks for the story and long may it last.
 
OoscotsmanoO said:
This is Absolutely Incredible mate,

I've really struggled to get into Fm recently and this story has gave me some motivation to get back into a long term challenge/save when i'm off work next week.

Wanted to try Roma again or Ajax but the Scottish challenge does sound up my street too.

Would be amazing to turn Ajax into that European Giants once again.

Thanks for the story and long may it last.
Click to expand...

Ajax is the team i dream of starting a save with. They and Benfica's youth system would make a long term save so much fun. Good luck!
 

Scotland
November Fixtures


Squad
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3 return from injury but we loose 3 more




European Championships Qualifier Match
Scotland 3-0 Wales
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This was the big match win and we're in. A cagy start Dons attacker Adam Frizzell struck right on half time setting us up for a comfortable second half made even better by a second Frizzell strike. Jason Cummings scored his first Scotland goal to round out a great day where we secured our spot at Euro 2024


European Championships Qualifier Match
Kazakhstan 0-3 Scotland
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Kept most the players available in for this one, gave some Dons less game time or a rest.




Final Table
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Both ourselves and Norway have qualified for next summers tournament.

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November




Hirving Lozano is the latest superstar to commit his long term future to Aberdeen, he is quickly followed by back up wonderkid winger Nikola Pajic
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Trips to Munich & Stamford bridge either side of the International break would not hault our European challenge




Fixtures


Hearts 1-2 Aberdeen
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It was all going swimingly till Hearts equalized with 2 minutes to go forcing us to go all out attack for the last 2 minutes and it was enough to secure the 3 points


Aberdeen 6-0 Kilmarnock
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Kleinfest at Killie


Champions League match 4
Bayern 2-2 Aberdeen
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The Dons made a stormer of a start and led at half time through Macauly but on the 67th minute the game changed as Joe Gomez was sent off and now down to 10 men Brandt almost immediately had Bayern level and before the end Lewadowski had predictably put Bayern in front. HOWEVER! the Dons had one last punch left in them and in his final action before picking up a hip injury ruling him out for 3 months Ayoze Perez struck in the 93rd minute to gain a valuable point that was totally unexpected once Lewandowski had given Bayern a late lead. Even better is that Chelsea were held by Plzen so if we can avoid defeat at Stamford Bridge we'll have a great shot of making the last 16


Aberdeen 2-0 Dundee
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Morton 2-2 Aberdeen
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This result means we cant break the league record for wins in a season


Champions League match 5
Chelsea 1-2 Aberdeen
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Huge round of matches. Chelsea were in must win mode. Anything less and they were probably out. Eden Hazzard had them on the right tracks with the opening goal just before half time but they made the mistake of not killing us off and a name you wont have seen as he fell down the pecking order Marc Roca in for the injured Thierry Richard gave us the equalizer. I had made a few attacking change just before this and decided to keep pounding and got our reward with Klien scoring the winning goal 5 minutes from the end. Harsh on Chelsea especially with Msakni winning MOTM but we deserved a win from our 4 games against the big 2.




SPFL Table
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The draw at Morton didnt harm our lead at the top too much as Celtic drew with Falkirk and lost to Raith, if anything Rangers have made it a 3 horse race with a 9 point gap to the teams chasing the final top 6 spots. Partick turned there form around in November and left the new teams Forfar & Killie at the bottom.




Champions League
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When this group was drawn i had thought we would be set for Europa League after christmas but 4 points frm our trips to Munich & London see us in the last 16 with a game to spare. We would need Chelsea to beat Bayern to stand any hope of winning the group



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