Hacken give Dons a finishing lesson on bad night for Scots

PARIS: A disastrous European week for Scottish clubs ended with the three teams in Europa League and Conference League playoff second-leg action losing on Thursday.

Aberdeen wasted a string of chances as they went down 3-1 at home to Swedish champions Hacken to go out 5-3 on aggregate in the Europa League.

In the Conference League, Hearts lost 4-0 in Salonika to PAOK to go down 6-1 on aggregate.

Hibernian subsided 3-0 at Aston Villa, outclassed 8-0 over two legs by the Premier League team.

On Wednesday, Rangers lost 5-1 in Eindhoven as they went out of the Champions League 7-3 on aggregate to PSV.

In an end-to-end match at Pittodrie, Ibrahim Sadiq made the difference in what he said after the final whistle was his final game for Gothenburg club, Hacken.

Sadiq put Hacken ahead after 14 minutes, slashing in a shot from outside the box. He doubled the lead on the counter-attack after 41 minutes, chipping goalkeeper Kelle Roos from close range.

Bojan Miovski, the most wasteful of the Dons strikers, and Amor Layouni exchanged second-half penalties.

“We did what we had to do,” Sadiq told the BBC.

Hacken, who won their first Swedish title last season, had never made it past the qualifying rounds in Europe.

“It’s history for us,” said Sadiq before saying that he would be heading to AZ Alkmaar in the Netherlands.

“It is my last game for Hacken and I am really proud that I have done my part.”

He then said he had already checked that Alkmaar had advanced in the Conference League.

In Moldova, Ivorian fullback Armel Zohouri scored with 16 minutes left as Sheriff Tiraspol, finding themselves in the unfamiliar European role of giants, edged KI Klaksvik 2-1 on the night and 3-2 on aggregate.

KI will drop down to the