Jimmy Thelin has said it is vital for Aberdeen to be in Europe consistently ahead of the club's clash with AEK Athens on Thursday.

The Dons put on an impressive display in their UEFA Conference League defeat against Shakhtar Donetsk at Pittodrie just under three weeks ago.

Their second game takes the Dons to Greece and the Pittodrie boss wants to build on their late winner at St Mirren on Saturday, the Record Sport reports .

Thelin said: "Every manager or player wants to be in Europe.

"It's important to be in this competition, you need to play a lot of games and also need to know how to travel, how to recover, how to perform again.

"All these players want to achieve something and be better in the future.

"I like this challenge and we need to recover now, focus and use this ene

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