Finnish with a flourish

Jonny wants Helsinki win as Dons bid to end their European campaign on a high

- SCOTT BURNS

ABERDEEN might not be able to qualify but Jonny Hayes insists they still want to go out the Europa Conference League with a bang.

The Dons travel to Helsinki today for their final away encounter, as PAOK and Eintracht Frankfurt have run away with Group G.

Aberdeen are still looking for their first win and Hayes has admitted they will be looking to deliver that and to give the Red Army something to finally cheer about in Europe.

The Irishman said: "You want to go as far as you can. Unfortunately, we are out but we want to try and win the last two games. We can't get to the knockout rounds but we still have personal pride to play for and also thousands of fans are turning up to watch us at this time of year around Christmas, paying money for tickets. We know what it means to everyone."

The Pittodrie outfit have put on some decent performances on this stage but their failure to put teams away when they've been on top has cost them points and victories.

They got a draw away to end PAOK's 100 percent run and were 2-0 up against the Greeks at home before losing 3-2.