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00:00European adventure which could end in Prague next week realistically his team have to win that one
00:06and this one tonight at Petautry to have any prospect of extending their stay in the conference
00:11league the good news for the Dons is results have improved and they're unbeaten in the last
00:16eight games which include conference draws with Larnica and Noah but those are their only points
00:22in the competition so far and 33rd of 36 teams in the league phase they're at the other end of the
00:29scale from Strasbourg Aberdeen's first ever French opponents have 10 points on the board already
00:36and another win for them tonight would all but secure their place in the tournament's last 16.
00:59So
01:06so
01:08how will Aberdeen handle the rising stars of Strasbourg
01:32looking for the recent recovery for Aberdeen to continue
01:45that Strasbourg look like an emerging force around European football with Liam Ross senior in charge
01:56just the one change to the Aberdeen team which won 3-1 at Dundee last Saturday to climb into the
02:02Premiership's top six Toppy Keskinen returns Dante Pulvara drops out and Stuart Armstrong will drop a
02:08little bit deeper Carson and Lazatic are top scorers with four goals apiece
02:21the officials are German in charge on field Robert Schroeder and the VAR is Bastian Dankert
02:32seven changes for Strasbourg to the team being left to lose at the weekend keeping their places our
02:54lone Chelsea keeper Mike Tenders full-back Gwela Due brother of PSG star Desiree
03:01Irish centre-back Andrew Omoba Medele and England international left-back Ben Chilwell
03:08these 11 have an average age of just 21
03:19with Graeme Schinney on the bench Nicky Devlin leads Aberdeen
03:24in the front six for Strasbourg it's all change and Dylan Loban again features for Aberdeen in mid-October he hadn't played for the first team but he has one big talent and Marko Lazzatic starting to get among the goals of the team
03:26and Marko Lazzatic starting to get among the goals for Aberdeen
03:33in mid-October he hadn't played for the first team and Marko Lazzatic starting to get among the goals for Aberdeen
03:41in mid-October he hadn't played for the first team and Marko Lazzatic starting to get among the goals for Aberdeen
03:51in mid-October he hadn't played for the first team but he has one big talent and Marko Lazzatic starting to get among the goals for Aberdeen
03:55the Serbian under-21 international the Serbian under-21 international same could be said for Adil Oshish
04:04a couple of goals for him against Dundee at the weekend
04:09and Aberdeen will look to take some momentum from that result and that eight game unbeaten run
04:20having only won one of their first 11
04:25one never knows what one's going to get next underway on match day five in the conference
04:37it's going to be a tough test this for Aberdeen and there's a swirling breeze as well which will have
04:44to be taken into account
04:46and the Chelsea owners Blueco took over Strasbourg a couple of years ago lots of Chelsea connections lots
05:15of players coming to and through but Aberdeen have got themselves an early corner kick
05:33the Redshed hoping for some early action at Pataudry back it comes for Arshish it's a great delivery in
05:41difficult to defend and it's an early opportunity for the home team and it's another corner kick on the other side
05:47Jack Mill and a swing at that
05:50that's a bright start isn't it from Aberdeen been very aggressive
05:55Jack Mill doing well there swiveling in a very tight area getting the strike away and going behind for another corner but the
06:03perfect start for Aberdeen and what is obviously been spoken about it's a must win
06:09against unquestionably the the best team that they've come up against so far
06:15Aberdeen looking to make the most of the early blustery conditions
06:27there was a potential penalty check which has come and gone
06:30Armstrong swings in a disappointing delivery from the second corner kick
06:41having put some pressure on Strasbourg with the first corner disappointing that it wasn't in on top of them
06:46again
06:49Armstrong does get a useful cross in that time
06:54cleared only as far as Knuster and Jensen
06:58quickly from Armstrong to Carlsen
07:01yes but Carlsen certainly has the quality to
07:07trouble Strasbourg it's a really bright start from the home team
07:12and Strasbourg break out of defence for the first time
07:16back with Mike Penders the Belgian under 21 international goalkeeper on a season-long loan from Chelsea
07:36and he casually clipped out to Gwilya Duey under pressure from Carlsen
07:42and he has to be in Strasbourg faces
07:48well that's exactly what happened there yes but Carlsen
07:51closing down Dewey there who was
07:54as you were just talking about there a little bit overly relaxed on the ball
08:00the park's looking very lively as well you just look at the ball bobbling around
08:05if Aberdeen can get right up on top of Strasbourg then perhaps there's an opportunity to to nick something
08:13in goes Alexander Jensen and the free kick goes against him
08:21I suppose that's the the balance that Yamitalin's got to try and strike with his side they've got
08:25to be extremely aggressive and pressing Strasbourg but equally they don't want to be overdoing it and
08:31giving away cheap free kicks and allowing Strasbourg just to control the tempo and slow it down when they want
08:42Amo Ameo well they look to hit the deck in installments there but he does get the free kick
08:51well it's a nice taking turn from Amo Ameo but
08:55nutmeg there on Jensen not overly convinced there was a great deal of contact afterwards
09:01I don't think he needed to to fall down he could have easily got on the end of that one for me and
09:07he was in behind Jensen it's another great delivery out from the goalkeeper
09:12pinpoint there for Amo Ameo Jensen spins and hooks it away
09:28yeah I'm not sure Mike Penders the goalkeeper can spell panic the way he's very casually playing the ball out from the back
09:37there's real quality about it as well
09:41Liam Ross senior loading his time at Pataudry already Alec Ferguson a big hero of his
09:57the legendary former Aberdeen manager
10:02very highly regarded Ross senior there was talk of a potential move to Bayer Leverkusen in the summer
10:11it's another bright attacking move this from Aberdeen Armstrong gets himself involved
10:21the youngster Logan looks to deliver back for Devlin
10:29Jack Milner his 50th Aberdeen appearance
10:35and it's when Aberdeen lose possession
10:36that the danger could open up
10:50you mentioned before obviously the number of changes that Strasbourg have made
10:54a lot of players young players that have been brought in in the summer
10:56a lot obviously from English clubs and they've got an opportunity at Pataudry tonight to obviously go and show what they're capable of
11:08well that's an early yellow card for Mats Kanuster which he could well do it without
11:13Rabi Nizangoula just uh easing away from him hold back
11:19I don't think he can have too many complaints as N'Goula just a really really good drop of the shoulder
11:26nicks it past Kanuster and he's on his bike and there the Dutchman there he's grabbing his jersey
11:32Kanooster with the defensive header and Loban tries to get it out of the danger zone
11:41that many pictures I think he's uh can be very proud of it he's opening little phase in the the first team at Aberdeen I think he's been
11:55very good he's filled in a position that's clearly been a bit of a troublesome one for Aberdeen and he's
12:01started to make it his own young Dylan Loban you just can't keep him out of the first team at the moment
12:08no and look there'll come a time where obviously he'll drop out and need a rest
12:16just a little bit casual at times Strasbourg and this is Arshish
12:26picking up possession and looking to make something happen
12:31well that move fizzles out but it's been a pretty promising opening eight minutes
12:38Liam Rossini hoping for the win tonight which
12:47would effectively seal Strasbourg's place automatically in the
12:51last 16 of the competition 10 points out of 12 so far
12:55I thought you were saying he was hoping for the wind there no he's got the wind whether he wants it or not
13:05a cutback cut out
13:15Totti Keskunen down that side Stuart Armstrong involved again on the attack
13:24for an Aberdeen team who've recovered after a pretty shaky start to the season
13:28the results seem to come in phases for Jimmy Tillin and Co nothing really consistent about what they've
13:37delivered in his 18 months in charge
13:43well just when you seem to think that you know what Aberdeen are as you said there they'll go on
13:48another run that just turns everything on his head and certainly at the moment they're moving up the
13:55table into the top six on a good run of form but they need to try and transfer that into Europe
14:00here they've only got the two games left that's a mistake Armstrong through
14:04what a chance well should he have taken it first time
14:10what an opportunity that is to go in front it's a huge chance I just think when the ball slipped
14:16through here from Stuart Armstrong I wonder whether he could have let it roll across his body it's not
14:21a bad first touch to come back across the defender but he's got to finish it off as soon as he comes
14:27back across he can't he's got to slide that into the far corner they can't come back it's as if he's
14:33trying to reverse it into the other corner
14:36I'm over Madele with the block in comes the corner kick down goes Mike Penders the goalkeeper
14:43and in the end the bull is headed wide of target yeah the Irish defender there over
14:51Madele is getting the opportunity to get the blocking and really as I said either let the ball
14:55roll across your body might not have been enough pace for it or take it across like he did with
15:00his first touch which was good but then he's got to just slide that into the for me that near corner
15:05rather than try to reverse it back yeah he's given Owen Wedele the chance to to get the block and when
15:10you're playing against quality like this you can't pass up opportunities like that just look to me as if he over complicated it
15:17who's Berg the 19 year old Danish international
15:30Matt's canoe stir has to really get everything right from now on after that early yellow card just put him in a fragile position
15:49this is N'Gula with the throw
15:54N'Gula do it
16:05Celtic 1-0 down early on at home to Roma to Liam Scales own goal
16:09Lucas Hoosberg again the teenager
16:21the flag stays down big opportunity for Strasbourg and that was straight at Dimitar Mitov
16:30defensively they've all just run in initially
16:34he's probably quite tight it'd be good it'd be interesting to see what happens in the end there
16:40but look at the whole defence drops in you can see Pais there just sitting on the edge of the box
16:46far too much space for him defenders have got to be aware of what's around them there because
16:50all of them are just charging back to try and block things off
16:54nobody's picking up the guy that's actually capable of putting the ball in the net though
16:57Alexander Jensen and Jesper Carlsen
17:03Scandinavian combination down that left hand side
17:07Armstrong here there and everywhere early on influential for Aberdeen
17:13and he's won another corner kick
17:17has done well Stuart Armstrong
17:20yeah he's having a big say so far
17:22that's 53 times cap scotland international no I was just going to say that's why it's a bold call for
17:28Yemi Tallinn to have him in the center of the park alongside
17:33how she's Paul Varas dropped out because
17:36Stuart Armstrong's at his best when he's opening his legs up and driving running
17:40and creating things in the final third
17:43got to get that balance right in the middle of the park otherwise they could be overrun
17:46and 13 minutes in Aberdeen's third corner kick
17:51and they have the opening goal
17:54Mats Knister
17:57what a start for Aberdeen against star-studded Strasbourg
18:03and that is the perfect opening to the night for the Domes fans
18:08well it's been all action for Mats Knister hasn't it
18:11the yellow card now with a goal it's been a bright start for Aberdeen and it's a really good ball
18:19and you can see the goalkeeper Mike Penders he's complaining but I mean look it's Dylan Loben there
18:26I don't know what he's complaining about he's coming charging for a ball he's never going to be able to get
18:30it's over his head and Mats Knister is able to knock it to the back of the net
18:36never a free kick for me and what a brilliant start that is for Aberdeen
18:43and on a big night Mats Knister scores his first Aberdeen goal and Liam Rossiniers Strasbourg are a goal down
18:52there is a check for a potential handball in the lead up to the goal so that will be looked at at the moment
19:04the celebrations having already happened
19:09well I don't see anything unless obviously it's Knister's arm that has come off
19:15well that is a real sucker blow isn't it handball is the ruling
19:30and Mats Knister having waited this long has got his first Aberdeen goal sees it wiped out
19:36that's a sore one for Aberdeen to take I didn't see it I'm too busy looking at the challenge between
19:45Penders in debt and Loben
19:54well that decision has certainly fired up the Strasbourg supporters
20:03looking to keep their momentum going in this conference competition
20:08possession lost by Ashish
20:22it's another ball in behind it's good movement again
20:25and the cross sent the ball behind the goal before it swung back in
20:39get a proper look at it here yes down onto his right arm isn't it
20:44I suppose that is the rule
20:57just up there challenging with the defender getting above them and he's balancing arm it's just marginally
21:04grazed off it there but Aberdeen they've started brightly as they've spoken about and they've got
21:11they've started brightly as they've spoken about and they've got to keep that momentum going
21:18that's a foul by Rabi Nizangula on Dylan Loben
21:33look at Hussberg back to Mike Penders
21:52a relieved Strasbourg defense that that goal didn't count
22:01Liam Ross Senior's only permanent management job before this was at English Championship Hull City he was interim in charge for a spell at Derby County he was his assistant to Wayne Rooney at one stage as well
22:04huh
22:05yeah
22:17yeah
22:18plain into the weather
22:19Palm music in the cold
22:20and he's scheduled for the summer in the cold
22:21at an English Championship Hull City he was interim in charge for a spell at Derby County he was there to see the ещё of the know with the catchёт outside of the ace and the cravel again with it in the corn institute in England and the show has тобno and it's just now and the second Obie of the match within the catch
22:30as well but really highly regarded now lots of clubs looking on at his performance
22:38his first season he got Strasbourg to seventh that got them qualified
22:45for this conference league for the first time
22:54and they did bring in the best part of 75 million in the summer in player sales
22:59that's almost short for Dewey from Heusberg
23:06Guilla Dewey holding off Jesper Karlsson with a picture it takes off in the end
23:16well there's been a fair bit of defending it has been lackadaisical
23:21Jack Milne with a big switch to find Dylan Loban
23:31Milne growing in stature with each performance for Aberdeen that looked late from Nicky Devlin
23:44and it's going to be yellow
23:47it's just the classic situation of a defender clipping a ball down the line
24:00a striker coming across to block it
24:03it's just
24:05it's just
24:06it's just
24:07it's just
24:08it's just
24:10it's just modern day football picking up yellow cards for
24:13for that
24:15long ball from Canoester
24:26watched
24:28carefully
24:29out from Pandurus kept in by Dewey
24:45there's in Guilla
24:46Oshish and Canoester both teaming up to try to rob the big midfielder of possession
25:02Milne first there
25:15you can see when Jack Milne's playing that ball through he's saying to Lazatich that just
25:23be a little bit more alert you know he's caught on his heels there okay the ball might have been
25:28a little bit better
25:32big opportunity for Strasbourg great save David Charmitov
25:38it is a good save a big save but you can see Pais is that he's having a word with Chilwell here
25:45great play here clearly onside Canoester's playing him on but again the striker just holds his line just cut it back to him
25:53cut it back to him and he's able to slide in the back of the net but
25:56Chilwell the full back he tries to go for goal himself and probably cutting it back would have been a better option
26:02it's another great pass from Amomayo again
26:06first corner kick of the match for Strasbourg
26:12Aberdeen have found problems at set pieces defensively this season and again there looked opportunities there for Strasbourg
26:24a lack of reaction from the team in red maybe got away with one there
26:32Raphael Lewis gives it away
26:44Raphael Lewis gives it away
26:56just didn't put quite enough on the pass for Carlsen that allowed Douay to intercept
27:04and now the white shirts are flooding forwards
27:10could block Canoester
27:14Oshish under pressure
27:18Loban
27:20to be bundled over there Marco Lazzatic
27:24that's certainly what he thought
27:26to be fair I think the ref saw that he was just playing the advantage there
27:30seeing if Aberdeen could continue the attack
27:32well there's obviously a number of changes and a lot of young players that have been brought in
27:46in Strasbourg they're main teams young anyway but
27:50Aberdeen have started quite brightly until Jack Mill just put it behind for an unforced error there for the corner but
27:56the opening stages have been pretty good so far
28:02yeah he holds up the hand of acknowledgement there Jack Mill doesn't make too many mistakes these days
28:06but that's a gift of a corner kick for Strasbourg
28:11with 58% of the ball so far
28:26well Aberdeen thought they had scored earlier from the corner kick now it's about defending this one
28:40and maybe defending it a bit better than they did the last one they have to
28:44stay switched on it's been a recurring problem
28:48and that was a free hit there for
28:54the teenage Danish
28:56central defender
28:58Huysberg
29:04well let me be filled to the right person from an Aberdeen point of view
29:08oh
29:18that's
29:24oh
29:26oh
29:28oh
29:32oh
29:34.
29:49Alexander Jensen's challenge may be a little bit over-zealous,
29:54Onamo Ameyo.
29:56The England under-20 international signed in the summer from Southampton.
30:13Rafael Luis.
30:17Jumping into the challenge, Jack Mill.
30:26It's another poor pass from a Strasbourg viewpoint.
30:36Straight out of Esper Carson who made nothing of it.
30:39I'm not sure if he was trying to chip the goalkeeper in front of Davey Weir.
30:45Yeah, a familiar face to Scottish football fans, Davey Weir,
30:49the sporting director these days with Strasbourg.
30:51Interesting job he's got.
30:53Did well to work that through.
31:02And the possibility is opening up.
31:05Amo Ameyo and Chilwell.
31:08Chips it up back post.
31:10Nizangula into the box.
31:13And at the end, Denatar Mitov will come to claim.
31:17It's difficult when the ball's hanging in there because it's so blustery.
31:21It's swirling around.
31:23You can tell.
31:24Difficult for the defenders to judge.
31:26To get a proper connection on it.
31:30Down, not for the first time goes Lazatic.
31:35Here he is though, trying desperately to get back on the ball.
31:40Hoosberg for Chilwell.
31:49They've dropped down to eighth in Ligue 1 at the moment.
32:04Lolf's leading ahead of PSG.
32:07PSG, the former club of Adil Oshish.
32:12She'll be keen to impress tonight against French opposition.
32:16Aberdeen's first French opposition in European competition.
32:20Jack Milne has to react quickly here.
32:25Very quickly defending, becoming attacking for Strasbourg.
32:36It's Chilwell's cross.
32:38And unchallenged is Mitov.
32:50Stuart Armstrong getting himself back on the ball.
32:52We haven't really mentioned him for a while.
32:54He was very prominent in the first ten minutes.
32:56Mitov for Lazatic.
33:01Claiming he was being held.
33:05By Guilodue.
33:10Amuku.
33:15Taiaz and Chilwell.
33:19There's a fluidity about formation for Strasbourg.
33:30And a fluidity about how they play.
33:33But sometimes they get a little bit relaxed and casual.
33:36And they've gifted position back again here to Lazatic.
33:41Armstrong, Jensen.
33:44Guilodue plays it out pretty impressively.
33:53That wasn't impressive though, Oshish.
33:57What an opportunity for the Frenchman to score against Strasbourg.
34:02You just wonder when they were dilly-dallying on the edge of the box.
34:10And then Luis Slack.
34:14Oh, it's very close, isn't it, from Oshish.
34:17It's just spinning ever so slightly away.
34:21As he's trying to step onto it to have the strike.
34:23Could he have slipped in, Carlsen?
34:24Possibly, but he's never going to do that with a chance.
34:27But you could get that feeling like this again.
34:30It's there for Aberdeen to go and press and win that ball high up.
34:34They've done it on a number of occasions so far.
34:37And they're getting joy from it.
34:40They've just not been able to get the ball in the back of the net yet.
34:44Well, it's a fair loan, Jensen, this time.
34:48Oh, and it's in good look.
34:51And they're just not going to hoof the ball out of defence.
34:54It's just not what they do.
34:55And Aberdeen sends the opportunity to pinch possession in that area.
34:59Yeah, absolutely.
35:00I mean, look, the park, as I've said to you already, is very lively.
35:03The ball is bobbling about, which makes it even more difficult to have that controlled build-up when you're getting pressed.
35:11I see.
35:12Ashish flights one in, but it's way beyond everyone in red.
35:18From a decent area as well.
35:21Tenders launches it and Dylan Lobun anticipating where the problem might come from.
35:27Hooks the ball out of play.
35:28Performing admirably again Lobun at 22 years older than Kendri Paez.
35:42Who made his equal international debut at 16, scored.
35:47Another clumsy challenge, but it's going to be the handball that is punished when the ball was on the deck.
36:01So it's given against Keskenen.
36:03I've got to say, I thought Keskenen had managed to get his body in between the ball and the man.
36:08And as much as it wasn't a forceful foul, I definitely thought there was...
36:13There was something there for the fun to be able to get the free kick.
36:18Up goes Canoester, doing a good header under Ken.
36:22There was a bag of heads, but both clearly seemed to be okay.
36:29Okay.
36:46Well, Muba Medele, the Irish international central defender.
36:50Lucas Hoosberg on the other side, but again, loose in possession.
36:54Aberdeen taking the opportunity to get the ball back.
36:59It's another interception. Armstrong this time.
37:01Carlsen scrapping to keep it, but it's won by Amuku.
37:03This is Paez.
37:07For the former Leicester and Chelsea defender, Ben Shelwell is well done by Ashish and he was caught.
37:16And it will be a booking for Rafael Luis.
37:22Yeah, well, the youngster that's on loan from Benfica, you can see he's a lovely technical player, but he's definitely been caught on his heels on a few occasions.
37:31And you can see here again, how she's quicker to react, nipping in front of Rafael Luis and difficult to tell exactly how much contact from those angles, but certainly he was second best to it.
37:46Jack Milne with a free kick, tries to pick out Jesper Carlsen, but he was always struggling to keep that in.
38:11I would say the only thing that's lacking so far is a goal from Aberdeen.
38:17A lot to like about the performance so far.
38:20Yeah, they've been good.
38:21Jimmy Tallinn looking for continued progression from his team.
38:31And there have been better signs of late.
38:34It's a free kick against Nicky Devlin.
38:38Although he looks to need some convincing about it.
38:45The foul on Godot.
38:50Just ends up being far too clumsy, the ref's always going to give a free kick there, even though I think Godot had as much of Nicky Devlin's jersey as Devlin did half of his.
39:05There's.
39:06He's not a fan for the players.
39:08I'm a Mario through the middle.
39:09And it's Godot!
39:11Mario against Godot strikes for Strasburg.
39:1810 minutes away from half time.
39:20Always a danger on the counter.
39:25counter as the Strasbourg fans targets a place in the conference last 16.
39:35Well that is the danger when you're on top playing well but you're not converting
39:40I mean that's just too easy the gap between Devlin and Milne's too big and then Nicky Devlin
39:45comes across and doesn't get contact on the ball I mean Godot doesn't have to do anything
39:51other than just set himself and then try to find the back of the net he doesn't have to take another
39:57or touch that's one touch the back of the net Nicky Devlin here he can't miss that
40:06it's a big big moment there from Nicky Devlin missing the ball and it just sets
40:10Martial Godot up perfectly to be able to set himself compose and slide into the back of the net
40:16Strasbourg who for large chunks of this half so far have certainly been put into the guard as
40:24not threatening and second best but they're now 1-0 up
40:31Martial Godot scored against the Swedish team Heken in this conference league phase
40:36and he's scored again at Patodri sign from Fulham
40:47Can Aberdeen find an early response to that
40:52Carlsen's crossed but up goes an offside flag
41:03Stuart Armstrong offside as he touched the ball onto Carlsen
41:21It's all about how Aberdeen reacts now to going behind
41:25and happy with lots of aspects of their performance so far
41:36Lazatic needs to do a bit more
41:41And the shadow of Kevin Nisbet of course is on the bench
41:46Jimmy Tallinn has swapped back and forth between the pair of them this season
41:50And just when you felt like you know things are starting to
41:56To
41:58To flourish for the guys up top
42:01I'm looking at this first opening stage of the game so far and I'm looking at Lazatic again
42:04I'm just thinking he needs to do more Rob
42:07You know he's had a couple of opportunities where I just feel like he's been caught in his heels
42:11But his general play needs to be better
42:13And how often do you see it in football you know I've already spoken about but the juxtaposition between
42:19The side who have had lots of the ball but not threatening Aberdeen who have looked really on top
42:25And threatening but they find themselves one nil down
42:30They've had more chances better opportunities
42:33Strasbourg clinical in that one moment
42:37Aberdeen have got to keep their heads and not let themselves
42:39Be too despondent
42:43So Aberdeen a goal down Celtic now two goals down
42:46At home to Romar Ferguson has got the second one after William Scales on goal
42:532-0 for the Italian team at Celtic Park
43:01Jensen did well in at the second bite
43:05Godo is there waiting for the ball to drop
43:07Ketskinen gets it away, Karlsson on the break
43:11In goes Paul
43:13Well he had a swing at Jesper Karlsson there he didn't get the ball
43:16He certainly got the Aberdeen winger
43:20And that is yellow
43:26Yeah there's no question if he's going to be getting a yellow card there the captain
43:32Karlsson does really well as well just watching he takes that step across
43:35Making sure that there's no way that Dewey can get to the ball
43:39He wipes the sweep
43:43Free kick, yellow card definitely
43:47Just looking at that score line from Celtic Park as well
43:50It's the pressure mounts very quickly for Wilfred Nonsi
43:56Cup final at the weekend as well
43:59Huge, huge game
44:00Could be a night where the coefficient takes another battering as well
44:06For the Scottish teams
44:07It's all about Aberdeen coming back from a goal down here it's Ketskinen and it's Loban
44:19Dylan Loban is in, he didn't quite catch the shot
44:22It would be a good night to get his first top team goal
44:28It would but again I think he's been very good but you just watch this as he chested down that bounce
44:32It doesn't bounce forward it almost just comes straight up on him
44:36Which makes it very difficult for him to get the strike away
44:39He chokes it in the end
44:40And then it goes behind for the corner kick but he was unfortunate that that bounce didn't just continue the momentum forward
44:47It seemed to just come straight up
44:50And he almost got caught on top of the ball
44:54Five minutes away from half time
44:56Stuart Armstrong's corner kick
44:57Oh that was a grey header from Canooster
45:01Thought he scored earlier in the game
45:04That was an even better header
45:06Penders makes the save
45:10Yeah it's a good bit of play Canooster he shakes off Raphael Luis
45:15Strong header
45:17I mean it's a comfortable save in the end
45:21But a good one
45:22Aberdeen try again another delivery from Armstrong
45:27This time comfortably dealt with Jensen under pressure
45:40Just a couple of points on the board
45:57In the midst of March day five for Jimmy Tallinn and his team
46:00Strasburg at the moment on target for 13 out of 15
46:06Already guaranteed a place in the playoffs but they'd like automatic entry to the last 16
46:14And a win here tonight
46:17Could well make that happen
46:18Nicky Dedlin probing down the left side defensively for Strasburg
46:28Chilwell dealt with it
46:30You will of course see the highlights of everything later 10 30
46:42TNT one all the highlights from the Europa League and the conference
46:47And premier league football on the Saturday from 7 7pm TNT one at Arsenal against Wolves
46:58And another Serie A double header to enjoy on Sunday
47:04The leaders AC Milan in action at lunchtime as they take on Sassuolo at the San Siro
47:09And Juventus who just outside the European places travel to fifth place Bologna later that evening
47:15Both matches live on TNT sports one and discovery plus
47:24A couple of minutes away from half time
47:26Pataudry work to be done for Jimmy Tallinn and his team lots of pluses
47:32Lots of opportunities
47:33To pick up on some wayward passes at the defense from Strasburg
47:41But it's the French team who have the only goal so far
47:47Adil Archish
48:03It was must win for Aberdeen in March day four here against the Armenian team Noah
48:20That one ended in a draw and it's just passed the pressure on to this March
48:26It just feels that the European campaign has come at a period where
48:32First of all they've had a tough draw there's no question of that Aberdeen
48:36But they've never been in a good enough run of form to really feel like they were capable of having a tilt at it
48:42Whereas now when you actually think okay
48:44It feels like the horse has already bolted for Aberdeen in the conference league too much ground to try and make up
48:54Mickey Devlin with the driving run couldn't find the final ball
49:00Defended by Hoosberg
49:02Kendri Payez spent Chilwell
49:19Kendri Payez spent Chilwell
49:20You know
49:38You can see why the ref's given it but at the same time
49:41Is there enough minimal contact? Yeah
49:48But unfortunately, you know for defenders
49:51You just can't get that tight and have your arms on the the striker the midfielder
49:58There's N'Golo there
50:00And hope to get away with you know, Nicky Devlin doesn't do anything. He's not going through on me. He's not
50:04Forcefully trying to challenge him, but just getting that tight it gives the
50:08Strasbourg player enough to to go over and the referee's always going to blow his whistle at that point
50:17Two minutes being handed on
50:23Todek Eskinen hasn't had too much joy in the first half
50:31Jimmy Tilley intends not to be too slow in making changes
50:38I mean the thing is I don't think he needs to be overly analytical in the performance in the first half
50:44I think everybody can see it's been pretty good but unfortunately they're 1-0 down
50:54Rito for Jensen
50:55Canoester plays it up for Lazatic
51:07That's Jack Milne
51:11Carlsen
51:13and Duet clashing
51:15and now Armstrong and the offside flag has gone up
51:18and we're almost at half time
51:30only a win will do for Aberdeen
51:32here with a spot of track to come next week away from home
51:37Mike Fenders angles it down the side headed away by Jensen
51:56One more by Medele
51:58Liam Rossignor's Strasbourg a goal up at half time at the Taudry Martial Cotto
52:18striking for the second time in this conference league phase
52:22after Nicky Devlin failed to make the cutout
52:27and he stroked it left-footed past Mito
52:29Aberdeen have had their moments
52:31Canoester had the ball in the net
52:34VAR ruled out the header from the Dutch defender
52:39and Jimmy Tilley's team need to be turning this around in the second half
52:44to have any hope of extending their European adventure
52:50half-time at the Taudry Aberdeen 0 Strasbourg 1