BBCWed, November 26, 2025 at 6:44 PM UTC·2 min readMidfielder Adil Aouchiche is "100%" confident Aberdeen can progress to the Conference League knockout stages and prolong a European campaign that has seen them "learn a lot".
The Dons, who host Armenian league and cup winners FC Noah on Thursday, have just one point from three games and need wins to have any chance of extending their continental involvement beyond Christmas.
AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisement"It is a really important game," Aouchiche, 23, said.
"It is definitely really important for us to win this game to give us a chance to go through in this competition. We have to win also for the fans, for all the people here.
"I am still confident. Of course we have only got one point so this is not the best position, but if we win this game we give a lot of chance and a lot of dreams to go through and go as high as possible."
Aberdeen are taking decent form into the game, having lost just one of their past six league matches.
They have also shown the ability to bounce back in Europe, responding to a 6-0 drubbing at AEK Athens by securing an impressive 0-0 draw against AEK Larnaca in Cyprus.
AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementAouchiche, who is on a season-long loan from Sunderland, said: "We had a good game in Larnaca, it was a good compact block, so we feel as a player in this system more secure.
"Now it is just a question of scoring goals and maybe creating more chances.
"We learn a lot. Including myself, I think we have had some good experiences in this cup so far.
"It wasn't easy to lose against AEK Athens but it is good to learn about the bad things you did, so straight after against Larnaca we had a good game and the team spirit was good."
