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Aberdeen will have to settle for the Europa Conference League group stage this season after a gut-wrenching defeat by Swedish champions BK Hacken in the Europa League play-offs.
The tie was perfectly poised after the Scottish Premiership side's commendable comeback from 2-0 down in Gothenburg last week.
But Ibrahim Sadiq, who has been strongly linked with a move to AZ Alkmaar, scored twice before the break silence a boisterous Pittodrie.
Bojan Miovski's cool penalty, after Luis 'Duk' Lopes was tripped, sparked hope within the stands that the heroics of seven days ago could be emulated.
And they should have been, but the North Macedonia international squandered a glorious opportunity to take the tie to extra-time, when he scooped an effort agonisingly wide.
The disappointment was then compounded when Amor Layouni buried a spot-kick - awarded after a VAR review - to ensure the Swedes claimed a spot in European football's second tier competition.
Aberdeen, who aspirations of a first Europa League group campaign in 16 years are over, will instead learn their Conference League opponents on Friday (13:30 BST) .
More to follow.
Line-ups
Aberdeen
Formation 3-5-2
- 24Roos
- 2DevlinBooked at 90mins
- 33Rubezic
- 5Jensen
- 20MorrisSubstituted forHayesat 88'minutes
- 7McGrathBooked at 70minsSubstituted forSoklerat 78'minutes
- 4Shinnie
- 10Clarkson
- 15McGarrySubstituted forDuncanat 73'minutesBooked at 90mins
- 9Miovski
- 11Henriques de Barros Lopes
Substitutes
- 3MacKenzie
- 8Barron
- 17Hayes
- 18R Williams
- 19Sokler
- 21Polvara
- 23Duncan
- 27MacDonald
- 28Milne
- 30Dadia
- 31Doohan
- 36Bavidge
BK Häcken
Formation 4-3-3
- 26Abrahamsson
- 13SandbergSubstituted forTotlandat 90+6'minutes
- 4Tebo Uchenna
- 5Hovland
- 12Lunddal FridrikssonBooked at 29minsSubstituted forLaursenat 61'minutes
- 18RygaardBooked at 67mins
- 11Gustafson
- 27Amané
- 37Sadiq
- 19Hrstic
- 24Layouni
Substitutes
- 1Brattberg
- 7Laursen
- 8Abdulrazak
- 9Kamara
- 16Dahbo
- 21Totland
- 22Sana
- 23Sonko
- 30Banozic
- 33Dembe
- 35Jansson
- 39Brusberg
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