Aberdeen suffer record European defeat in Athenspublished at 07:34 BST
AEK Athens 6-0 Aberdeen
Charlotte Cohen
BBC Scotland
Image source, ReutersAberdeen suffered their heaviest ever European defeat as they were humbled by AEK Athens in Greece and slumped a second consecutive Conference League loss.
The chastening contest eclipsed a 4-0 defeat by Liverpool in 1980, as well as 5-1 demolitions by Bayern Munich and Sigma Olomouc in 2008 and 2009 respectively.
Despite a bright start in Athens for Jimmy Thelin’s revived side, Aberdeen were always up against it, and it was the hosts who struck first when Aboubakary Koita fired a low strike from the edge of the box into the far corner of Dimitar Mitov’s net.
The Scottish Premiership side were totally exposed in defence and Koita grabbed a second just seven minutes later when AEK hit them on the counter-attack and, again, the Mauritania international slotted into the far corner with ease.
Thelin’s men were masters of their own downfall as a third goal went in before the clock struck 30 minutes. The visitors gave the ball away on the edge of their box and Nicky Devlin could only smash Niclas Eliasson’s effort high into his own net.
An acrobatic finish from Razvan Marin gave the hosts a fourth goal, the 29-year-old Romanian flicking in over his head after Frantz Pierrot hit a post.
Former Real Madrid forward Luka Jovic got the fifth when he robbed Mitov in his own area and smashed high into the net.
Derek Kutesa made it 6-0 when he latched on to a long pass, deep inside the Dons half, and slotted beyond Mitov.
