DONS ARE BACK ON POINT

Mitov believes the good times are coming for Thelin's Red Army

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DIMITAR MITOV insists Aberdeen can take more positives than negatives from their Conference League knockout at the hands of group leaders Strasbourg.

The Dons battled hard against the Ligue 1 side, who had already qualified for the knockout stages, but narrowly lost 1-0 at Pittodrie and failed to keep their Euro hopes alive.

Aberdeen played well at times against Strasbourg and Mitov believes they can take a big lift from that going back into Premiership action against Kilmarnock tomorrow.

The keeper admitted: “I am disappointed. We had chances, especially in the first half, to go ahead. When you play against opposition like this, a good football team, you need to take your chances. I am really proud of the boys because we have really grown so much as a team.

“It is really disappointing but at the same time it is also really positive.

“If we manage to create chances against a team like that then it shows we are going in the right direction.

“We are working in the right way and it is more positive than negative.