LUCK? WE'VE HAD BARRON RUN OF IT

Connor backs ill-fated Dons to get just rewards

- SCOTT BURNS

CONNOR BARRON doesn’t think Aberdeen have had the luck or results they have deserved on the European front.

The Viaplay Cup finalists head to Greece today knowing anything other than a win against Group G’s runaway leaders PAOK will effectively end their hopes of making the knockout stages.

The Dons sit on just one point, picked up against HJK, but Barron believes if you look at all three group stage games, against Eintracht Frankfurt and PAOK, and even in Europa League qualifiers against BK Hacken they could have – and should have – gotten better results.

Barry Robson’s side drew 2-2 in Sweden then lost 3-1 at home but created a good few chances against the Swedish champions before dropping into the Europa Conference League.

That saw the club return to group stages of European football for the first time in 16 years and even then they have been unlucky, going away to Frankfurt and going down to a narrow 2-1 defeat.

They drew with HJK at home and then were 2-0 up against PAOK at Pittodrie and ended up losing 3-2.

Those hard-luck stories have left them on the brink with PAOK winning all three games and the Germans with just one blot on their copybook.