Barry Robson spares Aberdeen FC video rerun of Frankfurt demolition job on Bayern as he draws Conference League parallels

Barry Robson left Eintracht Frankfurt’s battering of Bayern Munich out of Aberdeen’s pre-match video analysis.

The Bundesliga side arrived in Aberdeen last night, fresh from their shock 5-1 demolition of Bayern Munich. The Dons face up to on-form Eintracht as they sign off their Europa Conference League adventure at Pittodrie. The Germans have already secured second spot and qualification while the Dons are playing for pride.

Aberdeen might have a Viaplay Cup Final this weekend but Robson is adamant his attention is all on Eintracht and a lot of the video analysis was more on what his team did right in Frankfurt – where they narrowly lost 2-1 in the group opener. Robson admitted: “Yes, there wasn’t anything of it [5-1 win] in our analysis meeting. They’ve changed shape a bit recently and they have struggled in the league. The European thing might have taken it out of them as well.

“We did a lot of analysis from the first time we played them and we don’t know what their team is going to be. We were pretty close to guessing the team last time but this might be a bit different. It is one we will have to wait until the team comes in.”

Robson is likely to change his team, like he did in Helsinki, with Hampden in his thoughts. Dante Polvara has insisted nobody is giving the Viaplay Cup Final a second though because Frankfurt is such a big occasion.

The American midfielder stated: “We all understand the importance of Sunday but I think we are treating this game just the same as we did the first game.

“Obviously we can’t advance in Europe but we’re playing against a massive club with some great players, so of course we’ll be up for it. Playing in a European game is a privilege, it’s the kind of thing you dream about when you’re